Nova Scotia reported four new COVID-19 cases on Saturday.
Of two cases in the central health zone, one is related to travel outside of Atlantic Canada. The person is self-isolating, as required. The other is a close contact of a previous case.
There are also two cases in the eastern zone, both related to travel outside of Atlantic Canada, the Health Department said in a news release. The people are self-isolating, as required.
The Health Department corrected the location of a new case reported on Friday. It’s in the western health zone, not the central zone.
The four new cases are on top of nine reported on Friday.
There are now 32 active cases in Nova Scotia, up one case from yesterday: 19 are in the central zone, nine in the western zone, three in the eastern zone and one in the northern zone.
“Nova Scotians have worked hard to keep their communities healthy and safe. Let’s keep that up over this holiday weekend,” said Premier Iain Rankin said in the release. “Please continue to follow public health guidelines – stay home if you’re feeling unwell, follow gathering limits, get tested regularly if you are socializing and wear non-medical masks when and where appropriate.”
‘Epidemiology remains stable’
Nova Scotia Health Authority’s labs completed 2,352 Nova Scotia tests on April 2.
Since Oct. 1, Nova Scotia has completed 313,116 tests. There have been 643 positive COVID-19 cases with an age range of under 10 to over 90. There have been 610 resolved cases and one death. One person is in hospital.
“Our epidemiology remains stable and that is very good news given what is happening in some provinces across the country,” said Dr. Robert Strang, Nova Scotia’s chief medical officer of health. “So far, we’ve been fortunate that we haven’t had any community spread associated with our variant cases. Thank you to everyone who continues to follow the public health precautions and gets tested when called upon.”
Nova Scotians are strongly encouraged to seek asymptomatic COVID-19 testing, particularly if they have a large number of close contacts due to their work or social activities. Appointments can be booked athttps://covid-self-assessment.novascotia.ca/ by choosing the asymptomatic option. Rapid testing pop-up sites continue to be set up around the province as well. More information on testing can be found at https://www.nshealth.ca/coronavirustesting.
Nova Scotia Health is advising of potential exposure to COVID-19 on two flights from Toronto to Halifax – https://t.co/ndgrnTfehj pic.twitter.com/WHTsaE43uP
— Nova Scotia Health (@HealthNS) April 3, 2021
Potential exposure advisory
Nova Scotia Health Public Health issued an advisory Saturday evening about potential exposure to COVID-19 on two Air Canada flights:
- Air Canada flight 624 travelling from Toronto on Sunday, March 28 (9:15 p.m.) and arriving in Halifax on March 29 (12:15 a.m.). Passengers in rows 18-24 are asked to continue to self-isolate and immediately visit covid-self-assessment.novascotia.ca/ to book a test regardless of whether or not they have COVID-19 symptoms. All other passengers should continue to self-isolate as required and watch for COVID-19 symptoms up to and including April 12.
- Air Canada flight 604 travelling from Toronto (7:50 a.m.) to Halifax (10:50 a.m.) on Thursday, April 1. Passengers in rows 18-24 are asked to continue to self-isolate and immediately book an online test at the link above regardless of whether or not they have COVID-19 symptoms. All other passengers should continue to self-isolate as required and watch for symptoms up to and including April 15.
These passengers should not to go to a COVID-19 assessment centre without being directed to do so. They should book an appointment online and not visit a pop-up rapid testing location.
All potential exposure notifications are listed here: http://www.nshealth.ca/covid-exposures.
N.B. reports nine cases
On Saturday, New Brunswick reported nine new COVID-19 cases including an outbreak at a special care home in Edmundston.
On March 25, Nova Scotia advised residents not to travel to the Edmundston area where most of the recent N.B. cases have occurred. New Brunswickers are allowed to visit Nova Scotia without having to self-isolate but Nova Scotians still must self-isolate when visiting N.B.
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