COVID-19: Nova Scotia announces 90 new cases, recoveries doubling that The province is also reporting 164 new recoveries, bringing the number of active cases in the province down to 1,262.Nova Scotia Premier Iain Rankin and the chief medical officer of health are scheduled to hold a COVID-19 news briefing this afternoon at 3 p.m.
AST.The event will be live streamed here.The 83 new cases include 59 in the central health zone, 19 in the eastern zone, three in the western zone and two in the northern zone.The province opened up Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to people 30 and older Monday morning, and Rankin has said the province expects to have all eligible groups open by next week.— With files from Rebecca Lau.More to come..