Category: Provincial Updates

As of today, June 22, Nova Scotia has no active cases of COVID-19. The last new case was identified on June 9.   Nova Scotia is reporting one additional death related to COVID-19, bringing the total to 63. A male in his 60s with underlying medical conditions died several weeks ago in the Central Zone. […]

Premier Stephen McNeil and Dr. Robert Strang, chief medical officer of health for Nova Scotia, announced today, June 18, changes to gathering limits given Nova Scotia’s low rates of COVID-19. “We’ve now had well over a week with no new cases of COVID-19 and low rates for the last several weeks. That is thanks to […]

As of today, June 18, Nova Scotia has two active cases of COVID-19. The last new case was identified on June 9. The QEII Health Sciences Centre’s microbiology lab completed 580 Nova Scotia tests on Wednesday, June 17 and is operating 24-hours. There are no licensed long-term care homes in Nova Scotia with active cases […]

As of today, June 17, Nova Scotia has two active cases of COVID-19. The last new case was identified on June 9.   “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. “As the weather gets […]

As of today, June 16, Nova Scotia has 1,061 confirmed cases of COVID-19. No new cases were identified Monday, June 15. “Today marks our seventh day in a row with no new cases of COVID-19. Each and every Nova Scotian has made sacrifices to get us to this place,” said Premier Stephen McNeil. “And while […]

As of today, June 15, Nova Scotia has 1,061 confirmed cases of COVID-19. No new cases were identified Sunday, June 14. Starting today, June 15, visits can resume at long-term care facilities and homes for persons with disabilities funded by the Department of Community Services under the Homes for Special Care Act. The visits must […]

There will be no COVID-19 media briefing today, June 11 or Friday, June 12. Government will continue to issue news releases on new cases each day.   As of today, June 11, Nova Scotia has 1,061 confirmed cases of COVID-19. No new cases were identified Wednesday, June 10.   “It is another good day in […]

Today’s update will be live-streamed at 3pm.   As of today, June 10, Nova Scotia has 1,061 confirmed cases of COVID-19. No new cases were identified June 9.   The province has reconciled and consolidated data sources to ensure all publicly reported data comes from a single source, Panorama, the province’s public health reporting system. […]

Premier Stephen McNeil and Dr. Robert Strang, Nova Scotia’s chief medical officer of health, will provide an update today, June 9, at 3 p.m. This update will be livestreamed on https://novascotia.ca/stayinformed/webcast . Data sources are being reconciled and consolidated to ensure all publicly reported data comes from a single source, Panorama, the province’s public health reporting system. […]

As of today, June 8, Nova Scotia has 1,059 confirmed cases of COVID-19. No new cases were identified Sunday, June 7.   The QEII Health Sciences Centre’s microbiology lab completed 293 Nova Scotia tests on June 7 and is operating 24-hours.   There is one licensed long-term care home in Nova Scotia with an active […]