COVID-19: NS reported 99 cases over 4 days, plus school exposures – Halifax | The Canadian News

Nova Scotia is reporting 99 new COVID-19 cases and 130 recoveries over a four-day period over the long Thanksgiving weekend.

Of these cases, 86 are in the Central Zone, six in the West Zone, four in the North Zone and three in the East Zone.

Public Health goes on to say that there is a community spread in the Central Zone, “mainly among people between 20 and 40 years old who are not vaccinated and participate in social activities.”

There are now 197 active cases. Of these, 15 people are in the hospital, including two patients in the ICU.

In addition, during the last four days, eight schools were notified about an exhibition.

Are:

• Beaubassin School, Halifax
• School of the Sea and the World, Halifax
• Halifax West High, Halifax
• Checbucto Heights Elementary, Halifax
• Dartmouth South Academy, Dartmouth (x2)
• Ian Forsyth Elementary, Dartmouth
• Seaside Elementary, Eastern Passage
• Joseph Howe Elementary, Halifax

Some of these schools have had previous cases in recent days, including École Mer et Monde, Halifax West High, and Joseph Howe Elementary.

Duc d’Anville Elementary in Halifax’s Clayton Park neighborhood will be closed starting Tuesday, following a series of cases at the school.

In an email sent to families Friday, Principal Adam Griffin said the school would move to home learning and Public Health would deploy its mobile test unit in the community.

“This is due to the continuing number of COVID-19 cases connected to our school,” Griffin wrote.

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A negative COVID-19 test will be required to return to school on October 18, the letter said.

Nova Scotia Health Authority laboratories completed 4,138 tests on October 8, 3,275 tests on October 9, 2,497 tests on October 10, and 2,334 tests on October 11.

According to the province’s data panel, 76.1% of the entire population is fully vaccinated, while another 5.5% have received a first dose.