COVID-19: N.S. reports 129 new cases as St. FX outbreak continues
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The province, which normally doesn't release COVID-19 numbers on weekend, said it is issuing an 'abbreviated' COVID-19 release Saturday and Sunday.
Nova Scotia reported 129 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday.
The province, which normally doesn’t issue COVID-19 numbers on weekends, said it was issuing an “abbreviated” COVID-19 release Saturday and Sunday. The online dashboard will not be updated.
It is unclear how many of the cases are related to the ongoing outbreak at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, which stems from graduation events. As of Friday, there were 114 cases associated with the outbreak.
The release said there are 64 new cases in the Central Zone, 52 in the Eastern Zone (where the university is located), 10 in the Northern Zone and three in the Western Zone.
Due to the St. Francis Xavier University outbreak, the province said Saturday’s positive case results are lab results, and not from Panorama, Nova Scotia’s public health reporting system.
“Public health notes that some cases associated with this outbreak are being counted in Central Zone because of the address on the student’s health card. That is why not all of these cases are reflected in the Eastern Zone numbers,” it said.
“Those infected in the outbreak are experiencing relatively mild symptoms and the cases are mostly young people who are fully vaccinated.”
Nova Scotia Health labs completed 3,865 tests on Friday.
