For the eighth consecutive day, no new cases of COVID-19 have been identified in Nova Scotia.
The number of active cases remains at two and there are two people in the hospital, one in intensive care.
“The past few months have been difficult for our province and it’s great to see Nova Scotians start to return to our day-to-day lives,” said Premier Stephen McNeil in a news release Wednesday.
“As the weather gets nicer, I encourage everyone to get outside and experience all that our province has to offer. But please continue to take care, be safe and follow public health advice and rules.”
The QEII Health Sciences Centre’s microbiology lab completed 505 Nova Scotia tests on Tuesday and is operating 24-hours.
To date, Nova Scotia has 49,775 negative test results, 1,061 positive COVID-19 cases and 62 deaths. Cases range in age from under 10 to over 90.
Nine-hundred and ninety-seven cases are now resolved.
“It remains important for Nova Scotians to strictly adhere to the public health order and directives,” the Health Department said in the news release.
“Practise good hand washing and other hygiene steps, maintain a physical distance of two metres or six feet from those not in your household or family household bubble and limit planned gatherings of people outside your household or family household bubble to no more than 10.”
And health officials continue to urge anyone with COVID-19 symptoms such as fever, cough and sore throat – and particularly unusual symptoms such as loss of smell or taste and red or blue skin lesions – to visit https://811.novascotia.ca.
For more information on COVID-19, go to https://novascotia.ca/coronavirus.
