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Alan April
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Nova Scotia health officials reported five new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the number of active cases to 28.

One new case was first reported Thursday night and involved a close contact with a positive case at Auburn Drive High School in Coal Harbor, N.. . s.

Since the beginning of November, 51 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Nova Scotia.

Nova Scotia Prime Minister Stephen McNeill and Medical Director of Health Dr.. Robert Strang will be providing a news update at 1:30 PM. M. in a. You can watch the update here.

So far, Nova Scotia has had 126,446 negative test results and 1160 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Of these, 1,067 cases were considered resolved and 65 people died as a result of the novel coronavirus, leaving 28 active cases in the province..

There are confirmed cases across the county, but most have been identified in the Central District, which includes the Halifax Regional Municipality.

The county government says that backlog cases by region may change as data is updated in Panorama, the county’s electronic information system.

The regional state of emergency, which was first declared on March 22, has been extended until November. 29.

Nova Scotia Public Health confirmed Thursday evening that there was a second case of COVID-19 at Auburn Drive High School. .

« The new case is in close contact with a case that was reported earlier in the school, » the district said in a press release..

Auburn Drive High School and its family of schools are closed for Friday, November. 20. Includes school family:

Friday is an assessment and evaluation day for students from pre-primary to ninth grade, so most students in these schools were already staying at home..

On Thursday, Nova Scotia Health reported nine potential exposures to COVID-19 at the following location in the Halifax area:

The app, which can be downloaded through the Apple App Store or Google Play, notifies users if they have been exposed to someone who has tested positive for COVID-19..

Anyone with a new or worsening fever or cough, or two or more of the following new or worsening symptoms, is encouraged to take an online test or call 811 to determine if they need to be tested for COVID-19:

Anyone who has tested positive for COVID-19 should isolate themselves at home, away from the public, for 14 days.

Anyone traveling to Nova Scotia from outside the Atlantic region for non-substantial reasons must self-isolate for a period of 14 days and must complete a self-declaration form prior to coming to the county. Travelers should isolate themselves, away from others. If they cannot self-isolate on their own, their entire family must also self-isolate for 14 days.

Residents of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador are not required to self-isolate when traveling to Nova Scotia, but they must be prepared to provide proof of their place of residence at county boundaries.

Visitors from outside the Atlantic region who have already self-isolated in another Atlantic province for 14 days can travel to Nova Scotia without having to self-isolate again..

In this image published by the University of Oxford, blood samples taken from the Coronavirus vaccine trials are treated at the Jenner Institute in Oxford, England, Thursday, June 25, 2020. (John Kearns, University of Oxford via AP)

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