Nova Scotia reported 129 new instances of COVID-19 on Saturday.
The province, which usually doesn’t difficulty COVID-19 numbers on weekends, stated it was issuing an “abbreviated” COVID-19 launch Saturday and Sunday. The web dashboard is not going to be up to date.
It’s unclear how most of the instances are associated to the continuing outbreak at St. Francis Xavier College in Antigonish, which stems from commencement occasions. As of Friday, there have been 114 instances related to the outbreak.
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The discharge stated there are 64 new instances within the Central Zone, 52 within the Jap Zone (the place the college is situated), 10 within the Northern Zone and three within the Western Zone.
Because of the St. Francis Xavier College outbreak, the province stated Saturday’s optimistic case outcomes are lab outcomes, and never from Panorama, Nova Scotia’s public well being reporting system.
“Public well being notes that some instances related to this outbreak are being counted in Central Zone due to the handle on the coed’s well being card. That’s the reason not all of those instances are mirrored within the Jap Zone numbers,” it stated.
“These contaminated within the outbreak are experiencing comparatively delicate signs and the instances are principally younger people who find themselves totally vaccinated.”
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Nova Scotia Well being labs accomplished 3,865 assessments on Friday.
“Due to the spike in testing and optimistic instances, public well being is experiencing some delays in follow-up,” the discharge stated.
“Individuals whose lab take a look at is optimistic will proceed to have acquired an preliminary contact from public well being inside 24 hours and they are going to be supplied info on required isolation and testing plus requested to contact their shut contacts.”
On Friday, the province stated as a result of outbreak, all shut contacts, together with those that are totally vaccinated, have to isolate till they’ve a unfavourable consequence from a lab-based (PCR) take a look at. The lab take a look at needs to be carried out a minimum of 72 hours after the publicity.
Testing has been elevated within the Antigonish space as a result of outbreak. The Public Well being Cellular Unit will likely be obtainable for booked appointments and drop-ins on the following location:
St. FX College – Keating Centre (1100 Convocation Blvd., Antigonish)
- Saturday, Dec. 11 from 11 a.m. to five p.m.
- Sunday, Dec. 12 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
As effectively, Nova Scotia Well being opened the Antigonish COVID-19 Testing Centre to asymptomatic testing for group members who would not have signs. The centre, situated on the Antigonish Market Sq. at 149 Church St., Unit 686, will likely be open Saturday, Sunday and Monday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
“It is vital that individuals who take a look at optimistic with a fast take a look at self-isolate and get a lab take a look at no matter vaccination standing,” the discharge stated. “If that confirmatory take a look at is unfavourable, they might cease isolating in the event that they don’t have any signs. If they’ve signs and the PCR take a look at is unfavourable, they need to repeat the take a look at.”
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