her vehicle seized by police after she was found in a park despite nova scotia having closed parks and beaches to the public under its emergency measures act. on march 30, the provincial government released a more comprehensive plan for how schools will proceed through the coronavirus pandemic, as well as an online tool for businesses. on march 31, the provincial government announced that a map will be released in the near future online showing where cases are located across the province organized by the four health zones. on april 1, the province of nova scotia renewed the declaration of a state of emergency extending the previous until april 19. on april 3, premier mcneil concluded his briefing with the warning to "stay the blazes home". this phrase quickly went viral and became the subject of folk songs and merchandise. on april 6, it was announced that travel was no longer a prerequisite for testing, as community spread had reached levels that anyone could potentially have the virus regardless of travel history. on may 1, the province of nova scotia announced that a number of public health restrictions were eased, including the reopening of public parks and trails, opening the sportfishing season, and other measures. the mental health toll of lockdown was cited as a motive for this easing of restrictions. on may 15, the province of nova scotia announced a further easing of restrictions, with "archery, equestrianism, golf, paddling, sailing/boating and tennis" allowed to resume, as well as the reopening of public beaches. the government also announced on this date the "immediate household bubble" policy, which allowed families to bubble with another household exclusively. in june 2020, the premier of prince edward island dennis king suggested that travel between provinces in the atlantic region might be allowed, as early as the beginning of july. king claimed there was an agreement to this end, in a discussion held on june 10 between the premiers. when asked by the cbc, the other premiers expressed caution on an atlantic bubble." on july 3, the province along with the other three atlantic provinces (newfoundland and labrador, prince edward island and new brunswick) lifted travel restrictions among themselves to form atlantic bubble, allowing residents within the four provinces to travel without self-isolating for 14 days. on october 28, cbc news reported that there were 1,046 provincial court cases that have surpassed the jordan threshold, a law that was enacted in 2016 by the supreme court of canada limiting the time between court cases to 18 months, or 30 months for superior courts. on october 29, the provincial state of emergency was extended until november 14, 2021. on november 2, 2021, the provincial government announced an extension to the deadline for mandatory vaccinations of public workers for those who receive at least one dose by november 15. all public workers in the province are required to be fully vaccinated by november 30 or they will be placed on unpaid leave. those who are partially vaccinated by november 15 will get an addition 8 weeks to obtain their second dose, said provincial spokesperson heather fairbairn. currently there are 80,000 employees in the province who fall under this mandate. november 12, 2021 the provincial government announced an extension to the ongoing state of emergency. the state of emergency will continue from noon on november 14 to noon on november 28. november 18, 2021 the nova scotia department of justice and the premier's office announced a new category of offences under the health protection act for those who organize or attend illegal gatherings under current covid-19 restrictions. for individuals, fines start at $2,422 for a first offence and increase to $11,622 for each subsequent offence. for organizations, fines will begin at $11,622 and increase to $57,622 for each subsequent offence. all fines will include victim surcharges and court fees. individuals may also be required to serve jail time. these regulations are effective immediately. according to the news release, 1,375 summary offences and fines totaling $1.7 million have been issued since the provincial state of emergency was first declared. november 19, 2021 nova scotia's minister of health and wellness michelle thompson issued a statement announcing the approval of the pfizer vaccine for children 5 to 11 by health canada, as well as the national advisory committee on immunization's recommendations for pediatric use of the vaccine. the statement says the provincial government is working on finalizing their delivery plan of the vaccine. schools and universities in march, all nova scotian universities suspended in-person classes and restricted access to their campuses. many transitioned to a distance learning model for the remainder of the academic term. the tentative plan for the 2020-2021 for the k-12 school year, as of august 14, includes the following plans: students in grades p-12 will have in-class learning. the use of cohorts or grouping will be used for those attending in person classes students in grades 4-12 will be required to wear a mask in spaces where 2m/6 ft of distance cannot be maintained kids who take the school bus will be required to wear a non-medical mask economic impact in february, nova scotia's billion dollar lobster industry was negatively impacted by coronavirus, with a large portion of exports previously going to china. lobster exports became difficult as air cargo carriers began to suspend service. lobster prices dropped with a glut in the local market due to restricted exports. in march, a number of nova scotia distilleries shifted production from alcoholic beverages to alcohol-based hand sanitizers. according to a survey published by restaurants canada on april 2, 2020, approximately 24,500 nova scotian restaurant workers have lost their jobs. staff have been laid off at about four out of five nova scotia restaurants since the beginning of march, around one tenth of restaurants have permanently closed, and a further 18% expect to close within a month if nothing changes. some restaurants have been able to pivot to a take-out or delivery only business model in order to maintain cash flow amid mandatory closures of dining areas. data case data covid-19 cases in nova scotia - please update date presumptive confirmed deaths recoveries cases by vaccination status (since march 15, 2021) hc nt dt tt testsper k casesper m sources new pcc cml new cml new cml new cml unvaccinated partially vaccinated fully vaccinated mar 15 3 3 415 418 0.4 3.1 mar 16 2 5 671 676 0.7 5.1 mar 17 2 1 7 1 1 934 942 1.0 7.2 mar 18 5 2 9 2 3 1,141 1,153 1.2 12.3 mar 19 2 2 9 2 5 1 1,373 1,387 1.4 14.3 mar 20 1 10 5 1 1,546 1,561 1.6 15.3 mar 21 6 4 12 4 9 1 1,826 1,847 1.9 21.5 mar 22 12 21 28 2 2,088 2,116 2.2 28.6 mar 23 13 41 1 2,308 2,349 2.4 41.9 mar 24 10 51 1 1 1 2,474 2,525 2.6 52.2 mar 25 17 68 1 2 1 2,772 2,840 2.9 69.6 mar 26 5 73 2 2 3,201 3,274 3.3 74.7 mar 27 17 90 1 3 2 3,649 3,739 3.8 92.1 mar 28 20 110 1 4 3 4,031 4,141 4.2 112.5 mar 29 12 122 3 7 3 4,731 4,853 5.0 124.8 mar 30 5 127 3 10 4 5,054 5,181 5.3 129.9 mar 31 20 147 10 4 5,763 5,910 6.0 150.4 apr 1 26 173 1 11 5 6,764 6,937 7.1 177.0 apr 2 20 193 5 16 5 7,446 7,639 7.8 197.0 apr 3 14 207 5 21 5 8,234 8,441 8.6 211.7 apr 4 29 236 29 50 4 8,964 9,200 9.4 241.4 apr 5 26 262 3 53 6 9,510 9,772 10.0 268.0 apr 6 31 293 11 64 9 10,218 10,511 10.8 299.8 apr 7 17 310 1 1 2 66 11 10,621 10,931 11.2 317.1 apr 8 32 342 1 11 77 11 11,346 11,688 12.0 349.9 apr 9 31 373 1 2 5 82 10 12,177 12,550 12.8 381.6 apr 10 34 407 2 11 93 8 13,014 13,421 13.7 416.4 apr 11 21 428 2 2 95 8 13,632 14,060 14.4 437.9 apr 12 17 445 2 2 97 9 14,295 14,740 15.1 455.3 apr 13 29 473 1 3 4 101 9 15,580 16,053 16.4 483.9 apr 14 43 517 3 23 124 10 16,755 17,272 17.7 528.9 apr 15 32 549 3 13 137 9 17,419 17,968 18.4 561.2 apr 16 30 579 3 39 176 11 18,453 19,059 19.5 592.3 apr 17 27 606 1 4 1 177 11 19,506 20,112 20.6 620.0 apr 18 43 649 3 7 7 184 11 20,312 20,961 21.4 664.0 apr 19 26 675 2 9 16 200 11 21,120 21,795 22.3 690.6 apr 20 46 721 9 48 248 12 21,769 22,490 23.0 737.6 apr 21 16 737 1 10 38 286 11 22,190 22,927 23.5 754.0 apr 22 35 772 2 12 44 330 10 22,993 23,765 24.3 789.8 apr 23 55 827 4 16 28 358 10 23,731 24,558 25.1 846.1 apr 24 23 850 16 34 392 11 24,521 25,371 26.0 869.6 apr 25 15 865 6 22 20 412 11 25,119 25,984 26.6 884.9 apr 26 8 873 2 24 27 439 13 25,615 26,488 27.1 893.1 apr 27 27 900 24 70 509 12 26,231 27,131 27.8 920.8 apr 28 15 915 3 27 13 522 12 26,902 27,817 28.5 936.1 apr 29 20 935 1 28 7 529 11 27,486 28,421 29.1 956.6 apr 30 12 947 28 16 545 10 28,209 29,156 29.8 968.8 may 1 12 959 1 29 47 592 10 28,883 29,842 30.5 981.1 may 2 4 963 2 31 17 609 9 29,406 30,369 31.1 985.2 may 3 8 971 6 37 15 624 6 29,945 30,916 31.6 993.4 may 4 14 985 1 38 14 638 6 30,441 31,426 32.2 1,007.7 may 5 6 991 3 41 14 652 6 30,984 31,975 32.7 1,013.9 may 6 7 998 41 9 661 5 31,541 32,539 33.3 1,021.0 may 7 9 1,007 3 44 47 708 5 32,289 33,269 34.1 1,030.2 may 8 1 1,008 2 46 14 722 5 32,835 33,843 34.6 1,031.2 may 9 3 1,011 1 47 21 743 7 33,190 34,201 35.0 1,034.3 may 10 7 1,018 47 6 749 9 33,579 34,597 35.4 1,041.5 may 11 1 1,019 1 48 18 767 9 33,869 34,888 35.7 1,042.5 may 12 1 1,020 48 97 864 9 34,204 35,224 36.0 1,043.5 may 13 4 1,024 3 51 6 870 9 34,604 35,628 36.4 1,047.6 may 14 2 1,026 51 39 909 9 35,004 36,030 36.9 1,049.7 may 15 8 1,034 4 55 9 918 9 35,375 36,409 37.2 1,057.8 may 16 3 1,037 55 12 930 8 35,703 36,740 37.6 1,060.9 may 17 3 1,040 55 8 938 8 35,970 37,010 37.9 1,064.0 may 18 3 1,043 55 8 946 8 36,263 37,306 38.2 1,067.1 may 19 1 1,044 1 56 10 956 9 36,438 37,482 38.3 1,068.1 may 20 1 1,045 1 57 956 8 36,656 37,701 38.6 1,069.1 may 21 1 1,046 1 58 3 959 9 37,078 38,124 39.0 1,070.1 may 22 2 1,048 58 2 961 8 37,405 38,453 39.3 1,072.2 may 23 1 1,049 58 8 969 6 37,671 38,720 39.6 1,073.2 may 24 1 1,050 58 4 973 6 38,055 39,105 40.0 1,074.2 may 25 1 1,051 58 1 974 6 38,458 39,509 40.4 1,075.2 may 26 1 1,052 1 59 2 976 7 38,999 40,051 41.0 1,076.3 may 27 1 1,053 59 -1 975 7 39,441 40,494 41.4 1,077.3 may 28 2 1,055 59 2 977 8 40,240 41,295 42.2 1,079.3 may 29 1,055 59 1 978 8 40,914 41,969 42.9 1,079.3 may 30 1 1,056 1 60 978 7 41,391 42,447 43.4 1,080.4 may 31 1,056 60 3 981 7 41,944 43,000 44.0 1,080.4 jun 1 1 1,057 60 3 984 6 42,426 43,483 44.5 1,081.4 jun 2 1,057 60 8 992 5 42,861 43,918 44.9 1,081.4 jun 3 1 1,058 60 1 993 3 43,340 44,398 45.4 1,082.4 jun 4 1,058 1 61 2 995 3 43,911 44,969 46.0 1,082.4 jun 5 1,058 61 2 997 3 44,477 45,535 46.6 1,082.4 jun 6 1,058 61 2 999 3