Cases and hospitalizations are down in this week’s COVID-19 report from the province. There were 710 laboratory-confirmed new cases this week, compared to 765 last week, and 321 hospitalizations this week compared to 390 last week. There were 19 newly reported COVID deaths this week. Four of the deaths were in people between age 40 and 59, four between the […]
The Government of Saskatchewan released its weekly COVID-19 report, with the province announcing that 14 more people have died due to COVID-19 in the province. The majority of deaths (12) were among those 60 years of age or older, with one person dying in the 20 to 39 and 40 to 59 age groups. The […]
Another rise in the amount of COVID-19 Hospitalizations have been reported in this week’s provincial Covid report. There were 417 reported as of April 20, compared to 403 last week. The amount of people in ICU remained the same at 25. There were 22 deaths also reported in the province, with 13 reported during the […]
The number of COVID-related deaths has gone down once again in this week’s COVID report released by the Saskatchewan Health Authority. There were 20 COVID-related deaths in this week’s report, down from the 24 in the previous week. But there were also the same number of new laboratory-confirmed COVID cases in the province, with 1,051 compared […]
Saskatchewan nurses are ‘demoralized, exhausted, and losing confidence in provincial leadership.’ That is according to an annual survey of membership conducted by the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) Over 82 per cent of SUN members reported a permanent or temporary vacancy for registered nurses in their workplace, which is more than double the 39 per cent […]
There were 24 deaths newly reported from COVID in this week’s report from the Saskatchewan Health Authority. Of the deaths, one person was between 20 and 39, five were between 40 and 59, five were in their 60s and 5 were in their 70s. The remaining eight deaths were reported in people 80 and older. […]
The number of laboratory confirmed cases last week is up over 1,000 for the first time in several weeks, according to information in this week’s provincial COVID report. There were 1,196 new cases, which is about 34 per cent higher than the previous week. Also, there are 324 people in hospital with COVID, up from […]
COVID numbers in the province are tracking slightly upward in this week’s provincial COVID report. The number of deaths moved from 28 to 33 in the previous week, with 306 people in hospital this week compared to 299 last week. Fourteen of the deaths occurred in the previous week, with 19 occurring in previous weeks […]
The Government of Saskatchewan will not be renewing its emergency health order. The order was initially put in place in September of last year during the Delta wave and was used so the government could redirect healthcare workers. The emergency order was set to expire on Monday, and Premier Scott Moe said that the order […]
Following one of the most deadly months of the pandemic in Saskatchewan, the Offical Opposition continued to ask the Government of Saskatchewan to reintroduce daily updates. From February 1 to February 26, a total of 142 people died in the province due to COVID-19. That made February the third deadliest month in the province, with […]
