Nova Scotia reports 77 new COVID-19 cases over the last two days, for a total of 240

Nova Scotia is reporting 77 new cases of COVID-19 and 61 recoveries over the last two days, bringing the active case count to 240.

There are 51 cases in Central Zone, 13 cases in Western Zone, seven cases in Eastern Zone and six cases in Northern Zone.

There is community spread in Central Zone, primarily among people aged 20 to 40 who are unvaccinated and participating in social activities.

Six schools were notified of an exposure at their school since the last update on September 29. A list of schools with exposures is available online: https://backtoschool.ednet.ns.ca/school-exposures

There have been 4,953 cases of COVID-19 from March 15 to September 29, 2021. Of those: