Nova Scotia reported 77 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, a figure that includes&nbsp;cases discovered since the last update on Wednesday.

Eleven people are now in hospital with COVID-19,&nbsp;including four&nbsp;in intensive care.

As of Friday's update, 75&nbsp;per cent of Nova Scotians&nbsp;were&nbsp;fully vaccinated.

Labs processed 4,678&nbsp;COVID-19 tests on Thursday&nbsp;and 4,625 on Wednesday.

Six schools in the province have been notified of an exposure since Wednesday's update. A list of school exposures 

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N.S. reveals plan for 3rd COVID-19 doses, mask mandate to continue under Phase 5

Nova Scotia will offer third doses of COVID-19 vaccines to immunocompromised people and people who can't travel for work reasons because they have mixed doses, as well as booster doses to people living in long-term care, the province announced Wednesday.

Dr. E. Kwok administers a COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic run by Vancouver Coastal Health, in Richmond, B.C., on Saturday. 

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Nova Scotia announced Wednesday that certain people will be eligible for third doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.

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N.S. Public Health no longer issuing potential exposures

In a news release Wednesday, the province said it no longer has the "necessary information" to report exposure sites accurately.

Colourized scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic cell (red) infected with SARS-COV-2 virus particles (yellow), also known as novel coronavirus, isolated from a patient sample. Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

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Most Nova Scotians who are positive for COVID-19 will identify and contact their close contacts, Public Health said.

How to get tested for COVID-19 in Nova Scotia

As Nova Scotia continues to identify new cases of COVID-19 each day, the province has ramped up its testing capacity and is encouraging people who need — or want — to get tested, to do so.

Rapid covid testing, Dalhousie Campus, Halifax, NS on Tuesday, 24 Nov 2020. See technician in hazmat clothing  performing nasal swab test.

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People with symptoms of COVID-19 are still asked to apply for testing online.

&nbsp;reported one death&nbsp;and 85&nbsp;new cases on&nbsp;Friday. The province has&nbsp;677 active cases and&nbsp;41&nbsp;people hospitalized, including 15&nbsp;in intensive care.

&nbsp;reported two deaths and 41 new cases on Friday.&nbsp;The province has 180&nbsp;active cases, and seven&nbsp;people are in hospital, including four in critical care.

&nbsp;reported three&nbsp;new cases on Friday. The province has 11 active cases.

Need to isolate or take sick day due to COVID-19? Here are the federal benefits available

There are a number of federal benefit programs available if people need to take a sick day, self-isolate or stay home with a sick child due to COVID-19.

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There are federal benefits available for people who must stay home because they are sick, isolating or taking care of a sick family member.

A $490K child support battle that revealed government failures is finally ending

Angela Power's ex-husband racked up almost $500,000 in child support arrears, evaded Canadian authorities and was eventually thrown in jail. The case revealed failures in Nova Scotia's maintenance enforcement program. After fighting for years, Power has finally been paid much of the money she is owed.

After more than eight years of fighting over child support, Angela Power is happy she's reached a settlement with her ex-husband. Joseph Power racked up almost $500,000 in child support arrears plus interest.

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After more than eight years of fighting over child support, Angela Power is happy she's reached a settlement with her ex-husband. Joseph Power racked up almost $500,000 in child support arrears, plus interest.

Price dispute, great white shark detections take bite out of Nova Scotia herring season

Herring fishermen along the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia tied up their boats this week, kept ashore by a price dispute in one part of the province and great white shark detections elsewhere.

FILE-In this Wednesday, July 8, 2015 file photo, herring are unloaded from a fishing boat in Rockland, Maine. Fishermen who seek one of the most important bait fish on the East Coast are likely to see a dramatic reduction in the amount they are allowed to harvest next year. Commercial fisheries for herring are a major industry in the Atlantic states, where the little fish are important as lobster bait as well as for human food. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

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Herring are unloaded from a fishing boat in Rockland, Maine, in this file photo from July 8, 2015. Herring fisheries in Nova Scotia are delayed this season as fishermen bargain over price per pound, and great white sharks make their presence known off Nova Scotia.

This rural county will own a high-speed internet system, bringing benefits but also big costs

Pictou County could end up being the only municipality in Nova Scotia that owns a high-speed internet system, a project it hopes will bring affordable and quality access to every resident of the area and provide the county with a new revenue stream.

A laptop is pictured as a high school student takes a test online at her home in Chisseaux near Tours on March 27, 2020, on the eleventh day of a lockdown in France to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus COVID-19. (Photo by Alain JOCARD / AFP) (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD/AFP via Getty Images)

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Slow internet has been a large problem in rural Nova Scotia.

Hundreds mark National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Halifax waterfront

Pamela Glode-Desrochers of Halifax's Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Centre appeared emotional as she held up a blanket featuring 215 hearts, each representing a child found buried at the grounds at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School near Kamloops, B.C.

Cheyenne Hardy (right) and Pamela Glode-Desrochers hold up a quilt donated to the Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Centre in Halifax. The blanket, designed by Hardy, commemorates the children found buried at the at the grounds of former residential schools in Canada.

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Cheyenne Hardy, left, and Pamela Glode-Desrochers hold up a quilt donated to the Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Centre in Halifax. The blanket, designed by Hardy, commemorates the unmarked graves found on the grounds of former residential schools in Canada.

Infectious disease expert Dr. Lisa Barrett says the province’s proof of vaccination policy, which comes into effect on Oct. 4, should help fight the fourth wave of Covid-19.

N.S. reports 77 new cases of COVID-19 over past 2 days

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