146 new cases of COVID-19 announced in Nova Scotia today (Monday, May 3) /thread
There are now 34 people in hospital with the disease, 6 of whom are in ICU
There are 943 known active cases in the province.
Yesterday, Nova Scotia Health labs completed a record 17,092 tests. This does not include testing done at the pop-up testing sites.
Of today's new cases, 130 are in Nova Scotia Health's Central Zone, 9 are in the Eastern Zone, 4 are in the Northern Zone, and 3 are in the Western Zone. I'll have more details about those soon.
CORRECTION (they've updated it): 40 people are now in hospital, 6 of whom are in ICU.
Today's new cases fall into the following age cohorts:
0-19: 39
20-39: 51
40-59: 36
60-79: 17
80+: 3
So far, 320,910 doses of vaccine have been administered
Here is the graph of daily new cases and the 7-day rolling average (today at 105.0) since March 28, the last day NS had zero new cases:
Here is the daily new case count and 7-day rolling average since Oct. 1:
And here is the daily new case count since the start of the pandemic in March 2020:
Here is the active caseload since March 28, 2021:
Here is the active caseload since Oct. 1, 2020:
And here is the active caseload since the start of the pandemic in March 2020:
I'll have more demographic and geographic detail, and more, in the daily post, which won't take too long.
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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
MORE
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.