Staff Reporter / Sunday, January 2, 2022 / Categories: News NS Celebrates New Year with COVID Blast COVID numbers have shattered the celebration of the new year. Health officials announced another 1,893 new cases of COVID-19 today. That includes 709 reported yesterday, and another 1,184 today. Most of the cases (1,288) are in the Central Health Zone which includes Halifax. Our Norther Zone has 171 new cases over the two days. Premier Tim Houston and Dr. Robert Strang, Nova Scotia's Chief Medical Officer of Health, will provide an update by videoconference tomorrow at 2 pm. Add your comments below. Print 695 Rate this article: No rating Tags: coronaviruspandemicCOVID Please login or register to post comments.