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Nova Scotia is reporting 46 new COVID-19 cases, as the community mourns lives lost during Sunday shooting

BY , Apr 20, 2020 9:42 PM - REPORT AN ERROR

A body is removed from the long care home Yvon-Brunet in Montreal on Monday, April 13, 2020. Canada’s top public health doctor says deaths in long-term care facilities will likely continue to rise, even as the growth of overall COVID-19 cases begin to slow.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

Nova Scotia is reporting 46 new cases of COVID-19 for a total of 721 confirmed cases.

Health officials say there are nine licensed long-term care homes and unlicensed seniors' facilities with cases of the virus, involving 127 residents and 61 staff.

There have been nine deaths in the province and the provincial health lab has registered 21,769 negative test results.

The province says 12 people are currently in hospital, with four of those patients in intensive care, while 248 people have now recovered and their cases of COVID-19 are considered resolved.

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