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 said one cluster involved someone who travelled from outside the Atlantic provinces to visit family and did not self-isolate. 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. The third cluster involves someone who travelled to Nova Scotia for work and later tested positive in their home province. Three people who were close contacts in Nova Scotia also tested positive for COVID-19. The province didn’t specify Friday whether the two new cases are connected to the person who failed to self-isolate or to the worker.There are cases confirmed across the province, but most have been identified in the central zone, which contains the Halifax Regional Municipality. The provincial government says cumulative cases by zone may change as data is updated in Panorama, the province’s electronic information system.western zone: 54 cases
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