Local School Notified Of COVID Exposure, 26 New Cases, State Of Emergency Extended

by Bobby NockOctober 29, 2021

Boularderie Elementary is one of two schools notified yesterday about COVID-19 exposures.

The province says all staff and parents are told about the exposures if a positive case was at the school while infected.

Meanwhile, the province is reporting 26 new cases of COVID-19 as it renews its State of Emergency today.

Four of the new cases are in the Eastern Zone that includes Cape Breton.

There are also 18 new cases in the Central Zone, with three in the Northern Zone and one in the Western Zone.

28 recoveries are also being reported today.

There’s now a total of 169 confirmed active cases of COVID-19 in Nova Scotia, including nine in the Regional Municipality.

10 people in the province are now in hospital with the virus, including one person in intensive care.

The State of Emergency is being extended to November 14^th.

Bobby Nock

Bobby grew up in Whycocomagh before moving to Halifax to attend university where he earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Journalism degree. After university, Bobby moved back to Cape Breton where he began working as a freelance journalist and has done work for both print media and as a broadcast journalist. As the News Director, Bobby Nock will get your day started by bringing you information that helps connect you to the community with all the latest in local news.

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