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All N.S. schools to close for 2 weeks as entire province goes into lockdown
'Concerning trend' of climbing cases in Cape Breton Regional Municipality
CBC News ? Posted: Apr 27, 2021 10:28 AM AT | Last Updated: 22 minutes ago
All Nova Scotia schools will close for two weeks starting tomorrow as the entire province enters a period of lockdown.
Nova Scotia Premier Iain Rankin and Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Robert Strang are holding a briefing on Tuesday at 4 p.m. AT. The update is being live streamed here.
Nova Scotia is reporting 96 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, the highest number yet reported in the province.
The new cases bring the total known active caseload to 419.
Ninety of the new cases are in the central zone, two are in the western zone and one is in the northern zone. Three are in the eastern zone, one of which is at Sydney Academy in Sydney. The province carried out 9,962 tests on Monday.
One of the cases in the central zone is a staff member at Clarmar Residential Care Facility, a residential care home in Dartmouth. All the residents in that facility have been fully vaccinated, according to a news release from the province.
A staff member at the Northwood long-term care home in Halifax has also tested positive for COVID-19, the organization said Tuesday.
In a letter to families, Northwood said there is a presumptive case connected to its Halifax campus and the staff person is now in isolation.
Eleven people are now in hospital, including three who are in the intensive care unit...
All N.S. schools to close for 2 weeks as entire province goes into lockdown
'Concerning trend' of climbing cases in Cape Breton Regional Municipality
CBC News ? Posted: Apr 27, 2021 10:28 AM AT | Last Updated: 22 minutes ago
All Nova Scotia schools will close for two weeks starting tomorrow as the entire province enters a period of lockdown.
Nova Scotia Premier Iain Rankin and Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Robert Strang are holding a briefing on Tuesday at 4 p.m. AT. The update is being live streamed here.
Nova Scotia is reporting 96 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, the highest number yet reported in the province.
The new cases bring the total known active caseload to 419.
Ninety of the new cases are in the central zone, two are in the western zone and one is in the northern zone. Three are in the eastern zone, one of which is at Sydney Academy in Sydney. The province carried out 9,962 tests on Monday.
One of the cases in the central zone is a staff member at Clarmar Residential Care Facility, a residential care home in Dartmouth. All the residents in that facility have been fully vaccinated, according to a news release from the province.
A staff member at the Northwood long-term care home in Halifax has also tested positive for COVID-19, the organization said Tuesday.
In a letter to families, Northwood said there is a presumptive case connected to its Halifax campus and the staff person is now in isolation.
Eleven people are now in hospital, including three who are in the intensive care unit...