There will be a COVID-19 briefing Tuesday, October 19 at 11:00am.
Today, Nova Scotia is reporting there are 72 new cases of COVID-19 and 63 recoveries in the province since the last report on Friday. Nova Scotia has 208 active cases. Fifteen people are in hospital, including three in ICU.
Thirty-one new cases were reported on October 16; 19 new cases on October 17; and 22 new cases are being reported today, October 18.
There are 58 cases in Central Zone, eight cases in Northern Zone, five cases in Western Zone and one case in Eastern Zone.
The province says there is community spread in Central Zone, primarily among people aged 20 to 40 who are unvaccinated and participating in social activities.
Over the past three days, eight schools were notified of an exposure(s) at their school. Staff, parents and guardians are notified of exposures if a positive case (student, teacher or staff) was at the school while infectious. A list of schools with exposures is available online: https://backtoschool.ednet.ns.ca/school-exposures