There are 38 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday, the highest single day total in almost a month.
Numbers are going up outside of the province’s urban core.
Only half are in the Halifax area, 19. There are 14 in Western Zone, four in Northern Zone, and one in Eastern Zone.
Public Health officials are looking into the jump in numbers.
Three COVID-19 exposures at schools. At Oxford School in Halifax, Oxford Regional Education Centre in Cumberland County, and Bras D’or Elementary in Cape Breton.
There are 180 active infections, with eight people in hospital.
