3 new cases of COVID-19 announced in Nova Scotia today (Tuesday, Feb. 16) 1/
2 of the new cases are in the Central Zone, and the 3rd is in the Western Zone. Details on them in just a moment. 2/
There are now 12 known active cases in the province. There remains 1 person in hospital with the disease, in ICU 3/
Nova Scotia Health labs conducted 1,381 tests yesterday. 4/
So far, 23,140 doses of vaccine have been administered, and of those, 8,225 were 2nd doses. So very roughly, about 1.5% of the population has received at least one dose. 5/
All 3 of the new cases are related to travel outside Atlantic Canada. 6/
Here is the graph of daily new cases and the 7-day rolling average (which today is 1.4): 
And here is the active caseload:
Today's briefing is scheduled to start at 3pm; whenever it actually starts, I'll be live-blogging it here.
We're about to start, 15 minutes late.
McNeil repeats numbers upthread.
McNeil: the federal government diverted Moderna vaccine from EVERY province, not just Nova Scotia (that wasn't clear last briefing)
McNeil: we're expecting over 10,000 doses of Pfizer this coming week.
Strang: 3 new cases in 1 day is unusual compared to recent days, so keep staying careful
Strang: we retested over 150 people who might have been close contacts to the 2 cases that tested positive for the variants, and all 150+ tested negative.
Strang: this week, we'll get 10,530 of Pfizer, half of which will be held back for second doses. We're now getting 6 doses out of each vial of vaccine.
Strang: booking opened up for the prototype clinic at the IWK for 80+ year olds, it runs for 4 days starting Feb. 22. The first 2 days are almost fully booked already. Appointments are by invite only, and are being notified by mail.
Strang: there will be enough parking for those getting vaccinated. In addition to garage, there is reserved parking on the street for the clinic.
Strang: it was the federal government who made the decision to divert the Moderna vaccine to the northern territories. We're a nation, and we have to work together on this.
Strang: we're hearing from people who are 70+ asking about getting tested. It's the same for them as anyone else: if you have a lot of social contacts, you should get asymptomatic testing. But if you're only going out once a week to the grocery store, probably not necessary
Strang: McNeil's last briefing will be Friday.
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