Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil and the province's chief medical officer of health, Dr. Robert Strang held their daily COVID-19 briefing on Wednesday, where they confirmed 17 new positive cases, bringing the total confirmed cases to 68 in the province.
Dr. Strang said all new cases are either travel-related or connected to previous cases and are not a result of community spread.
He also said the new jump in cases was not a surprise with the number of Nova Scotians coming back from travel.
Over 2,000 people have been testing for COVID-19 in Nova Scotia as of Wednesday.
Nova Scotia has declared a state of emergency and limited public gatherings of more than five people amid the coronavirus outbreak.
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