7 new cases of COVID-19 are announced in Nova Scotia on Tuesday, Dec. 22

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Seven new cases of COVID-19 are announced in Nova Scotia today (Tuesday, Dec. 22).

Three of the new cases are in Nova Scotia Health’s Central Zone and are related to travel outside of Atlantic Canada. The other four cases are in the Northern Zone and are close contacts with previously announced cases.

There are now 40 known active cases in the province. No one is currently in hospital with the disease.

Nova Scotia Health labs conducted 1,795 tests yesterday.

Here are the new daily cases and seven-day rolling average since the start of the second wave (Oct. 1):

And here is the active caseload for the second wave:

Here is the possible exposure map:

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