Covid-19 News

Booster dose eligibility expands in Saskatchewan

Dec 7, 2021 | 2:25pm

More Saskatchewan residents are now eligible to receive a third booster dose. Anyone who is 50 and older, along with all health care workers, individuals who are 18 and older and lives in the far north or on First Nations communities along with anyone who was born before 2009 and has an underlying health condition […]

COVID-19 vaccination to be mandatory in all federally regulated businesses

Dec 7, 2021 | 8:48am

Minister of Labour, Seamus O’Regan Jr., has announced the Government of Canada will propose regulations under Part II of the Canada Labour Code, to make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory in all federally regulated workplaces cross Canada. In a release, the Federal Government says, “these regulations would complement existing occupational health and safety measures, such as masking, […]

48 new COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan with two new deaths

Dec 6, 2021 | 2:18pm

There are now 931 people in our province who have died as a result of COVID-19. The province announced two more deaths on Monday along with 48 new cases as numbers continue to drop with the active case count now sitting at 634—101 of them in the Regina zone. The new cases are in the […]

70 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan

Dec 5, 2021 | 6:34pm

The province is telling us about 70 new COVID-19 cases. Those new cases are located in the North West (five), North Central (10), Saskatoon (15), Central East (11), Regina (seven), South Central (eight), South East (11), and three new cases have pending residence information. The active case count has dropped to 696. 132 people are […]

Rapid antigen test kits available at several Co-Op locations across Saskatchewan

Dec 4, 2021 | 11:43am

In an effort to make it easier for Saskatchewan citizens to determine whether or not they have COVID-19, the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency has partnered with 41 Co-op locations across the province to get free rapid antigen test kits for public use. The kits are currently onsite and ready for pickup. “The SPSA and the […]

Out-of-province hospitalizations costing Sask. government close to $800,000

Dec 4, 2021 | 9:05am

A decision to try and help relieve the stress on hospitals in the province will be costing Saskatchewan. The Government of Saskatchewan is being billed with some of the costs associated with COVID-19 patient transfers to Ontario hospitals. So far, ICU patient transfers to Ontario have cost the Government of Saskatchewan $787,532, not including the […]

78 new COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan

Dec 3, 2021 | 1:50pm

The Saskatchewan government is reporting that there are 78 new cases of COVID-19. 18 of the new cases are located in Saskatoon area, there are 16 reported in the Regina zone with 14 being reported in the southeast region. There 136 hospitalized cases of COVID-19 in the province including 34 in ICU. One more person […]

71 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan

Dec 2, 2021 | 1:46pm

There are 71 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan. Of those new cases 13 of them are located in the Saskatoon area, 12 in the Central East area, and 11 in the North West zone. There are 8 cases in the Regina area. One person died due to COVID-19 increasing the death toll to 928. […]

81 new COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan

Dec 1, 2021 | 1:50pm

The government of Saskatchewan is reporting that there are 81 new cases of COVID-19 in the province today. Of the new cases, 31 of them are located in the south east region, 9 cases are in the North Central area with 8 new cases located in the Regina and Central East areas. There are 133 […]

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