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N.S. ramps up testing, completes more than 1,000 coronavirus tests for the fourth time

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1,058 Nova Scotia tests on Thursday at the QEII Health Sciences Centre’s microbiology lab.A review of Nova Scotia’s daily coronavirus updates indicates its only the fourth time that the province has completed more than 1,000 tests since Nova Scotia announced an expanded testing regime on April 5.

Students coming to Nova Scotia from outside Atlantic bubble to receive mandatory coronavirus tests The announcement at the time touted that the lab at the QEII would be moving to “full 24-hour operations” and be capable of “processing over 1,000 tests per day.”Since then, the province has only processed more than 1,000 tests on April 13, when it completed 1,476 tests and reported 43 new cases; April 15, when it completed 1,065 tests and reported.

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