Nova Scotia is reporting a death related to COVID-19. A woman in her 70s has died in Central Zone.
There have now been 70 COVID-19 related deaths in the province.
Nova Scotia is also reporting 227 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday. However, there are another 200 positive cases the province is aware of that have not entered into the system.
There are 202 cases in the Central Zone, 14 in Eastern Zone, nine in Western Zone and two in Northern Zone.
There is community spread in the Halifax region and the province continues to monitor other areas for community spread.
Public health also continues to work through the backlog in data entry and contacting new cases. Given delays, anyone tested due to a potential exposure, because they have symptoms, or were advised by public health to self-isolate until receiving test results, should continue to self-isolate until they receive a negative result. Their household should also isolate until contacted.
Close contacts of confirmed COVID-19 cases and those who were present at high-risk exposure locations are required to self-isolate for a full 14 days, regardless of test result.
Nova Scotia has 1,464 active cases of COVID-19.
There are 50 people in hospital, including nine in ICU.
