133 new cases of COVID-19 announced in Nova Scotia today (Sunday, May 2) /thread
Of those, 117 cases are in Nova Scotia Health's Central Zone, 9 are in the Eastern Zone, 1 is in the Northern Zone, and 6 are in the Western Zone.
There are now 822 active cases in the province. 34 people are in hospital, 6 of whom are in ICU.
Yesterday, Nova Scotia Health labs completed 15,832 tests. This does not include tests conducted at the various pop-up sites.
Vaccination figures are not provided on the weekend.
I've made a new graph showing the daily new case count and the 7-day rolling average (today at 93.6) just for the current outbreak, starting with March 28, the last day there were 0 new cases:
Here's the daily new case count and 7-day rolling average since Oct 1:
And here's the daily new case number since the start of the pandemic in March 2020:
Here's the active caseload for the current outbreak:
The active caseload since Oct. 1:
And the active caseload since the start of the pandemic in March 2020 (last summer sure looks nice, doesn't it?):
I still don't have demographic or further geographic detail, but when I do, I'll add to this thread.
Today's new cases break down into the following age cohorts:
0-19: 37
20-39: 48
40-59: 31
60-79: 16
80+: 1
As per an RCMP press release, since Dec. 1, the RCMP have charged 67 people for "violating the Nova Scotia Health Protection and Emergency Management Acts in relation to COVID-19."
"The majority of tickets issued were to individuals who did not self-isolate or follow social distancing requirements. Other tickets were issued to a business and individuals who did not comply with a provincial closure order."
18 people were charged within the Halifax District RCMP area, 25 were charged within the Southwest Nova District RCMP area, 24 twere charged within the Northeast Nova District RCMP area. "More than 30% of all charges ... have been on people between 20 and 24 years of age."
The pop-up testing schedule has been updated /thread
Monday
John Martin School (Dartmouth), noon-7pm
Cineplex Bridgewater, 1-6pm
Centre 200 (Sydney), 3-7pm
Alderney Gate Public Library, noon-7pm
Halifax Central Library, noon-7pm
Halifax Convention Centre, noon-7pm
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Tuesday
Alderney Gate Public Library, noon-7pm
Halifax Central Library, noon-7pm
Halifax Convention Centre, noon-7pm
Wednesday
Alderney Gate Public Library, noon-7pm
Halifax Central Library, noon-7pm
Halifax Convention Centre, noon-7pm
If you were at the Mulgrave Park Basketball Court on April 25 from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m or Body ‘n’ Soul in Port Hawkesbury on April 27 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., you must SELF-ISOLATE for 14 days regardless of a negative test result:
If you were at KFC (75 Tacoma Drive, Dartmouth) on April 23 from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., April 24 from 3:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. or April 25 from 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. or Maritime Bus travelling from the Airport to Sydney on April, SELF-ISOLATE and get tested:
Here is the pop-up testing schedule
Sunday
Alderney Gate Public Library, noon-7pm
Halifax Central Library, noon-7pm
Halifax Convention Centre, noon-7pm
Cineplex Bridgewater, noon-6pm
John Martin School (Dartmouth), noon-6pm
Centre 200, 481 George St, Sydney, noon-4pm
MORE
Monday
John Martin School (Dartmouth), noon-7pm
Cineplex Bridgewater, 1-6pm
Pop-up testing (antigen testing) is for asymptomatic people over 16 who have not been to the potential COVID exposure sites; results usually within 20 minutes.