N.S. reports 86 new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend
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Nova Scotia reported 86 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, encompassing cases discovered since the last update on Friday.
The active caseload in the province is now 231, with 16 people in hospital, including four in ICU.
As of Monday, 75.2 per cent of Nova Scotians are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Of the new cases, 67 are in the central zone, 13 are in the western zone, five are in the northern zone and one is in eastern zone.
Public Health said there continues to be community spread in the central zone, mostly among unvaccinated people aged 20 to 40 who are going to social gatherings.
The province said that over the last three days, seven schools were notified about an exposure at their school. The full list of schools that have had exposures over the last month is available here.
Nova Scotians and permanent residents who got vaccinated in another province, territory or country, or through a workplace vaccination program, can now add those vaccine records to their Nova Scotia proof of vaccination.
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