COVID-19: N.S. reports 14 deaths, almost 7,000 new cases in latest report

Nova Scotia reported 14 more COVID-19 deaths and 6,912 new PCR-confirmed cases in its latest weekly update.

For the six-day period ending April 11, there were more than 1,000 new cases each day.

“The number of PCR positive cases has continued to increase since March,” read the report, “as has the number of cases linked to long-term care and residential care facility outbreaks.”

The province said there were also 72 new COVID-19 hospitalizations – a number that’s increased since last week’s report.

Nova Scotia’s chief medical officer of health Dr. Robert Strang is holding a media availability Thursday.

The event will be livestreamed on this page at 3:30 p.m.

Last month, the province removed all COVID-19 restrictions, except isolation rules and mask-wearing in public schools, hospitals and long-term care.

The government announced Wednesday it is keeping masking requirements in public schools until at least the long weekend in May.

More to come.