COVID-19 Info: Province offers details on five new COVID-19 cases in the province

The following information is from the most recent update provided by the Government of Nova Scotia.

March 26, 2020 | 1:45 PM —

As of today, March 26, Nova Scotia has 73 confirmed cases of COVID-19.

Five new cases were identified Wednesday, March 25. Most are travel-related or connected to earlier cases. One of the new cases cannot currently be linked to travel or an earlier case. The investigation to determine the source of the exposure and whether any others may have been exposed is ongoing. At this point, public health cannot confirm that this case is linked to community spread.

Click here to read the full release from the Province.

Premier Stephen McNeil, chief medical officer of health Dr. Robert Strang, NSHA president and CEO Dr. Brendan Carr, and IWK Health Centre president and CEO Dr. Krista Jangaard provided an update today at about 3 p.m. 

A recording of the news conference will be available on the NS Gov Youtube page: https://www.youtube.com/user/nsgov 

 To date, Nova Scotia has 3,201 negative test results and 73 confirmed cases.