NS Reports 12 New Cases of COVID-19

by Bobby NockJanuary 6, 2021

The province is reporting 12 new cases of COVID-19 today.

One of those cases is in the Eastern Zone and involves a student at St. FX University in Antigonish who travelled outside of Atlantic Canada.

Two of the new cases are in the Western Zone with one involving travel outside the Atlantic region and the other being a close contact of a previously reported case.

Nine of the cases are in the Central Zone.

Health officials say seven of those cases are close contacts of earlier reported cases, one is connected to travel outside the region and the other is under investigation.

There’s now a total of 29 confirmed active cases of COVID-19 in Nova Scotia.

No one in the province is currently in hospital with the virus.

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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