One More Death and Twenty New COVID-19 Cases

LIVE PRESS CONFERENCE AT 3:00 PM ON SIX RIVERS RADIO

Another day, another death, as twenty new COVID-19 cases in Nova Scotia boosts the total to 935.

Another resident of Northwood Care in Halifax died yesterday bringing the province’s total to twenty-eight, all seniors with underlying medical conditions.

Premier Stephen McNeil and Dr. Robert Strang will conduct a press conference this afternoon to answer questions on the latest release of information. The event, at 3:00 o’clock, will be broadcast live on Six Rivers Radio. Click HERE to listen. 

The microbiology lab at the QEII Health Sciences Centre completed 905 tests yesterday.

There are 10 licensed long-term care homes and unlicensed seniors' facilities in Nova Scotia with cases of COVID-19, involving 227 residents and 97 staff. 

To date, Nova Scotia has 27,486 negative test results, 935 positive COVID-19 test results and 28 deaths. 

Confirmed cases range in age from under 10 to over 90. 

Eleven individuals are currently in hospital, three of those in ICU. Five-hundred and twenty-nine individuals have now recovered and their cases of COVID-19 are considered resolved. 

Cases have been identified in all parts of the province. A map and graphic presentation of the case data is available at https://novascotia.ca/coronavirus/data.

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