61 new cases of COVID-19, 31 recoveries

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia reported 61 new cases of COVID-19 and 31 recoveries on Tuesday.

There were 33 cases in northern zone, 24 cases in central zone and four cases in western zone.

There is a new cluster of cases in a localized community in northern zone and there is also evidence of limited community spread in Halifax and parts of northern Nova Scotia.

“While there is a low level of ongoing community transmission in the northern part of Nova Scotia, the higher case numbers we're seeing in the area (Monday and Tuesday) are associated with a cluster of cases in a defined group of largely unvaccinated individuals,” said Dr. Robert Strang, Nova Scotia's chief medical officer of health. “They are co-operating with local public health and the cases appear to be contained within this group.”

There are no new cases at the East Cumberland Lodge long-term care home in Pugwash. A total of 32 residents and 11 staff members at the home have tested positive, and four of the infected residents have died.

On Nov. 29, four schools were notified of an exposure(s) at their school. As always, all staff, parents and guardians are notified of exposures if a positive case (student, teacher or staff) was at the school while infectious. A list of schools with exposures is available online: https:// backtoschool.ednet.ns.ca/ school-exposures.

As of Tuesday, Nova Scotia had 200 active cases of COVID-19 and of those, 13 people were in hospital, including four in ICU.

On Nov, 29, Nova Scotia Health Authority's labs completed 2,999 tests.