Daily briefing Premier Stephen McNeil began today’s briefing saying that almost 11 weeks (76 days) after the first briefing to announce Nova Scotia’s first COVID-19 cases, today there were “no new cases to report, zero, that’s exciting.” Dr. Robert Strang agreed, saying we’d reached “a significant and encouraging milestone” notingRead More

Daily briefing Dr. Robert Strang announced two new cases of COVID-19 in Nova Scotia, both of which are associated with Halifax’s Northwood long-term-care facility (one resident and one staff member). Both Strang and the premier acknowledged the death, on Thursday, of another Northwood resident, bringing total COVID-19-related deaths in theRead More

Daily briefing Dr. Robert Strang announced three more deaths at the Northwood long-term-care facility (LTCF) in Halifax, bringing total deaths there to 35 and total COVID-19-related deaths across the province to 41. He also announced six new cases of COVID-19, four of which were detected in “various parts” of HRM,Read More