12 new cases of COVID-19 announced in Nova Scotia today (Tuesday, June 1) /thread
8 cases are in Nova Scotia Health's Central Zone, 3 are in the Eastern Zone, and 1 is in the Northern Zone
There are now 38 people in hospital with the disease, 15 of whom are in ICU
There are now 369 known active cases in the province.
Nova Scotia Health labs completed 3,576 PCR tests yesterday. This not include the testing at the pop-up centres.
5,118 doses of vaccine were administered yesterday.
As of end of day yesterday, 56.2% of the entire population has received at least one dose of vaccine: 
Of today's 8 Central Zone cases, 6 are close contacts with previously announced cases, and 2 are under investigation. Of the 3 Eastern Zone cases, 2 are close contacts and 1 is under investigation. The Northern Zone case is a close contact.
91 more people are considered recovered today.
Here is the graph of daily new cases and the 7-day rolling average (today at 27.4) since March 28, the last day of zero new cases:
Here is the active caseload since March 28:
Here is the daily case count since the pandemic started in March 2020:
And here is the active caseload for the duration of the pandemic:
Obviously, we're on a very good track in terms of both new cases and hospitalizations. But let's not forget that 19 people have died since April 1.
I'll have more info in a full article in just a while.
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oh, the province is now saying that 100% of people in the 75-79% age group have received at least 1 does of vaccine. That's an approximation, but still.
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