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1. COVID update: 745 new cases, 48 in hospital

An immunizer offers a COVID-19 booster shot at a clinic at the Halifax Discussion board on January 6, the initially day of mass immunization clinics for booster pictures. Photo: Communications Nova Scotia

Seeking at the amount 745 looks like a aid soon after a handful of times of new scenario counts in excess of 1,000.

Tim Bousquet has the COVID update in this article.

Community Overall health estimates there are  6,636, while as Bousquet writes we know there are many additional optimistic scenarios out there. Here’s the new scenario breakdown by Nova Scotia Wellbeing Zone.

• 459 Central
• 128 Japanese
• 95 Western
• 63 Northern

There are 48 persons in medical center and 9 of those people patients are in ICU.

There is also a new clinic outbreak at Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital. Fewer than five sufferers tested good there. And here are the information on the ongoing outbreaks at other hospitals:

• Halifax Infirmary — four new conditions, for a full of 16 patients
• New Waterford — six new conditions, for overall of 11 patients
• Victoria Common — a single new situation, with a complete of less than 5 clients

Click on in this article to browse Bousquet’s whole update.

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2. Accused of sexually assaulting a 13-yr-aged girl and later fathering her youngster, former Halifax cop Brian Johnston is anticipated to resign as pastor of Zion Baptist Church in Truro

Brian Johnston as a new recruit to the Dartmouth Police in 1980. — Picture: Halifax Archives

Matthew Byard experienced this story about Brian Johnston who is envisioned to move down as Pastor of Zion Baptist Church in Truro just after the Halifax Examiner noted on a pending lawsuit towards the Halifax Regional Law enforcement in which he is implicated. Byard writes:

Contacted by the Examiner, Johnston declined to comment on the allegations in the lawsuit.

The lawsuit alleges that in the early 1990s Johnston, then a police officer with the previous Dartmouth Police Division, pressured a 13-12 months-outdated girl to carry out oral sex on him though he was on responsibility in a law enforcement vehicle. At the time, the lady was living in Sullivan House, a team household for sexually exploited youth.

In court docket documents, the lady is identified by the initials X.Y.

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