Nova Scotia has 123 new cases of COVID-19 and 16 recoveries
Dr. Robert Strang, Nova Scotia’s Chief Medical Officer of Health (Government of Nova Scotia photo)
Central Zone has 56 new infections, Eastern Zone has 60, there are six in Northern Zone and one in Western Zone.
Because of the outbreak at St. FX University, the number of positive cases come from lab results to better reflect the situation on the ground
The province’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Robert Strang says 55 new cases have been reported as part of the St. FX outbreak. The cumulative number cases for the school’s outbreak is 114.
Strang believes the number of cases related to the St. FX outbreak are at or near their peak and should decline soon.
Strang says with this outbreak we are seeing the benefit of vaccines. He says most of those with COVID-19 are showing mild symptoms; flu-like such as fever and cough.