Nova Scotia is reporting no new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, as the number of active cases in the province remains at five.
The provincial government said Friday that the new cases are connected to previously-reported cases.On Wednesday, Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Robert Strang confirmed there have been three small clusters of COVID-19 cases in Nova Scotia over the past two weeks -- all of which originated in the northern zone.
Strang confirmed three other people, including a close contact and two people who were at a restaurant at the same time as the infected person, contracted COVID-19.In one case, two foreign workers who travelled to Nova Scotia from another country tested positive for COVID-19. However, Strang said the workers self-isolated and no one else was exposed.
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