1 new case of COVID-19 is announced in Nova Scotia today (Friday, March 12) 1/
The new case is in Nova Scotia Health's Eastern Zone, and is under investigation 2/
There are now 17 known active cases in the province — we haven't had this few since Feb. 18, when there were 15. 1 person is in hospital with the disease, but not in ICU. 3/
Nova Scotia Health labs completed 2,681 tests yesterday 4/
As of end of day yesterday, 46,891 doses of vaccine have been administered — 31,236 first doses and 15,655 second doses. 1,742 doses were administered just yesterday, a drop from the 2 previous days. 5/
Here is the graph of daily new cases and the 7-day rolling average (today at 2.1): 
And here is the active caseload:
Today's new case is a girl or woman 19 years old or younger.
She lives in the Antigonish & Guysborough Community Health Network.
There is a COVID briefing at 1pm today, and I'll be live-blogging it here.
1 new case of COVID-19 announced in Nova Scotia on Friday, March 12 halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/1-new…
NS's COVID-19 vaccination program is expanding Monday, March 15 to include anyone who is 80 and older and born in May, June, July or August. People aged 80 and older and born between May 1 and Aug. 31 will be able to book an appointment at a community clinic starting Monday.
Briefing is starting...
Rankin: the tourism industry has been hurting. Announces $7.3 million tax rebate for hotels. 50% rebate on first six months of 2021
Rankin: by the end of this month, we'll have received over 100K doses of vaccine.
Rankin: first doses have been supplied to 11 of the 13 First Nations clinics
Rankin: people are excited about getting the vaccine.
Rankin: next week is March break. Kids: have fun! but be safe.
Strang: our case numbers are staying very low. And we don't have cases that are causing us concern.
Strang: we're ready to deliver the increasing amounts of vaccine in the coming weeks.
Strang: by the end of March, we will have tested all methods of vaccine delivery and will have worked out the kinks.
Strang: you will have many choices for getting vaccinated over the next few days.
Strang: what a year.
Strang: the 65 deaths "weigh heavily on all of us"
Strang: we've shown the world what we can when everyone works together.
Strang: Spring break day camps will be running.
Strang: travel around the province and have a good time, but if you travel outside the province, you'll have to quarantine on your return.
Strang: we have about 800,000 people to vaccinate. Everyone will get vaccinated. Be patient. Please stop calling pharmacies and doctors about being vaccinated, they're being "overwhelmed" with calls. You can only book on line or through the 800 number.
Strang: we need to keep safe as hope increases
Strang: we don't have the same AstreaZeneca vaccine that is in Europe; it's manufactured in a different facility.
Strang: across the world, we take vaccine safety very seriously.
Rankin: next Wednesday we'll be talking with the other Maritime provinces about creating a Maritime bubble. We can't commit to it right now, tho.
Strang: we have not concluded that any NS cases were infected on airplanes.
I tried to get Strang to say Public Health is underfunded, but he wasn't biting, perhaps because he's sitting next to the premier.
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