Province Announces 4 More COVID-19 Deaths, Including 1 In CB

by Bobby NockApril 23, 2020

Four more people have died of COVID-19-related causes in the province, including another person in Cape Breton.

The province says one of the four lived at Harbourstone Enhanced Care in Sydney and the three others were at the Northwood home in Halifax.

There have now been 16 COVID-19-related deaths in the province.

Nova Scotia has also recorded its largest daily increase in COVID-19 cases with 55 new cases found yesterday.

One new case was found in the Eastern Zone that includes Cape Breton.

There’s now a total of 48 cases in the zone and a total of 827 provincewide.

As of yesterday, there was a total of 10 licenced long-term care homes and unlicensed seniors facilities in the province with cases of COVID-19, affecting a total of 158 residents and 79 staff.

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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