he Saskatchewan Health Authority still has the same surge targets in place as the ones that were announced on Sept. 17. Derek Miller, Emergency Operations Centre Commander with the SHA says they’re still working towards a goal of needing to care for 150 ICU COVID patients and 350 COVID acute care patients. Miller adds 70 […]
The province continues to set a daily-high record for hospitalizations due to COVID-19. Wednesday’s release from the government shows 265 people are in hospital with 54 of those in the intensive care unit. Of the 265 patients, 201 (75.8%) were not fully vaccinated. Meanwhile, there are 426 new cases and five new deaths bringing the […]
Briercrest College, just east of Moose Jaw at Caronport, says it has seen 71 total cases of COVID-19 with 62 that are considered active at this time. None of the cases have resulted in hospitalization. The school says the Christian Academy High School has seen three cases which are currently active. 61 of the students […]
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney replaced his health minister as hospitals in the province fill with COVID-19 patients, and he faces growing anger from within his own party over his handling of the pandemic. Jason Copping was sworn in as Health Minister on Tuesday afternoon, taking over from Tyler Shandro. Shandro will take over from as […]
The provincial government has announced 372 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan on Tuesday. That’s a 10-day low according to the provincial dashboard. The new cases were located in Saskatoon (50), Regina (49), the north central (46), the north west (42), the far north east (41), the south east (18), the central east (17), the […]
A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at Kipling School in the Prairie Valley School Division. While work continues to identify close contacts, PVSD says they have been informed of several more COVID-19 cases at the school. All but one class remain in-person for the time being. The impacted class began remote learning Tuesday, and will […]
The active COVID-19 case count in Saskatchewan is now at 4,672 after the announcement of 519 new cases with 407 of those coming in people who are unvaccinated. The new cases are located in the Far North West (23), Far North Central (1), Far North East (21), North West (63), North Central (53), North East […]
Children in grades Kindergarten to Four at Henry Janzen School will be taking part in remote learning until early October. This comes as multiple COVID-19 cases have been diagnosed in individuals at the school. All close contacts have been notified. Starting Tuesday, all classes for the affected students will be shifted to online learning until […]
Residents in Saskatchewan with a MySaskHealthRecord account through eHealth Saskatchewan can now use a QR (quick response) code to view COVID-19 vaccine information. It can be downloaded/saved, printed and viewed on mobile devices. The new one-page format replaces the COVID-19 vaccination record launched in Saskatchewan in August, which does not include a QR code. The […]
Saskatchewan saw nearly 1,000 new cases of COVID-19 this weekend. After a Saturday where 439 new cases were reported, the province reported a record-high 543 more on Sunday and one new death. The active case count is now at 4,586 with the Regina zone responsible for 378 of those. Of the 543 cases, 440 were […]
