health

Eligibility for second COVID-19 shot drops to 45 on Wednesday

Jun 16, 2021 | 1:55pm

As of 8 AM Thursday morning, those 45 and over or those who received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine on or before May 1 will be eligible for their second shot. The information comes as the province announces 74 new cases and two new deaths.  The people who have died were someone aged 80 […]

Province establishing pop-up clinics for those needing first COVID-19 shot

Jun 15, 2021 | 3:34pm

The province is stepping up vaccinations efforts in order to meet the first dose vaccination threshold of 70 percent of people 12 and over which will allow them to hit Step Three of its re-opening plan and remove public health restrictions. Pop-up clinics will be happening across the province at convenient locations in an attempt […]

Province announces lowest one-day total of new COVID-19 cases since November

Jun 15, 2021 | 1:58pm

There are 47 new cases of COVID-19 being announced by the province on Tuesday.  That is the lowest one-day total in Saskatchewan since November 4 when there were 36. 24 of the 47 new cases have a variant of concern that has been identified by screening. With 95 recoveries, the active case count now sits […]

Downward trend of active COVID-19 cases continues

Jun 11, 2021 | 1:48pm

On May 11, the province said there were 2064 active COVID-19 cases. On June 11, that number now sits at 899. In its daily update, the Ministry of Health is telling us about 81 new cases and one new death. That death was someone aged 80 plus from the Saskatoon zone. The new cases are […]

Field hospital at Evraz Place being decommissioned

Jun 11, 2021 | 12:38pm

A field hospital that had been set up in Regina at the International Trade Centre is being decommssioned. The Saskatchewan Health Authority says it has reached the point where they can start decommission the field hospital here and at Merlis Belsher Place in Saskatoon and return them to their owners for use this summer. The […]

Active COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan continue going down

Jun 10, 2021 | 2:23pm

For the seventh straight day, the amount of new COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan are in the double digits. The province is announcing 77 new infections to go along with 129 new recoveries.  This puts the active case count at 902. There has also been another death as a person in their 70’s from the East-central […]

Active COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan now under 1,000

Jun 9, 2021 | 1:58pm

For the first time since November 7, 2020, Saskatchewan’s active COVID-19 case count is under the 1000 mark. The information comes as the government announces 57 new cases of the virus to go along with 171 new recoveries and one death meaning the active case count is now at 938. The person who died was […]

Sask. gov’t feels it is time for Canada-U.S. border to reopen

Jun 9, 2021 | 7:11am

Talks about reopening the U.S. border for non essential travel are starting to heat up, with the Prime Minister indicating it may happen sooner than later as vaccination efforts continue across the country. Saskatchewan Tourism Minister Jeremy Harrison is in full favour of getting travellers going both ways again. He says it is very important […]

Another day of 100 or less new COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan

Jun 8, 2021 | 1:46pm

For the fifth straight day, Saskatchewan is seeing a double-digit increase in the amount of new COVID-19 cases. The daily update from the Ministry of Health shows 90 new cases and two new deaths. With 177 recoveries, the active case count stands at 1,053 with 159 of those in the Regina zone Both of the […]

Fourth straight day of new COVID-19 cases under the 100 mark in Saskatchewan

Jun 7, 2021 | 1:45pm

68 new cases and three deaths.   That is the information contained in the daily update from the Saskatchewan government on the COVID-19 virus. The three who died, bringing the provincial death total to 549,  were someone aged 19 and under from the northwest zone, someone in their 70’s from the northwest zone and someone in […]

Recently Played

Loading playlist…