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Seven more COVID-19 deaths in SK to report

Jan 8, 2021 | 2:06pm

Seven deaths, 336 new cases, 223 recoveries and 180 people in hospital. Those are the numbers in the daily COVID-19 update being provided by the province Friday. Four of the seven deaths come from the Regina zone.  One was a person in their 60’s, two were in their 70’s and one was a person over […]

Nine more COVID-19 deaths being reported in Saskatchewan

Jan 6, 2021 | 1:50pm

The number of people in Saskatchewan that have died as a result of COVID-19 now stands at 174. This after the province announced nine more people had fallen victim to the virus on Wednesday. Three of the nine occurred in the Regina zone with one aged 20-29 and the other two in the 80 plus […]

Five deaths; 153 new cases of COVID-19

Jan 5, 2021 | 2:04pm

There have been five more deaths in Saskatchewan that are COVID-19 related. In its update Tuesday, the government says the five are all aged 80-plus with two coming from the Regina zone.  The others were in the north-central, northeast and south-central areas.  These deaths bring the provincial total to 165.   Meanwhile, there are 153 […]

Active COVID-19 case count in SK goes back above 3,000 mark

Jan 4, 2021 | 1:48pm

There are 286 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Monday.  There are also 96 recoveries putting the active case count at 3,027. Two more people have died bringing the provincial total to 160. The latest are a person in their 70’s from the Northeast zone and a person in the 80-plus age […]

Moderna vaccines to start being delivered in northern Saskatchewan Monday

Jan 3, 2021 | 5:40pm

Those who are residents and staff of long-term care homes and frontline healthcare workers at the greatest risk for contracting COVID-19 in the Far Northwest and Far North Central zones will start getting vaccinated Monday. The province says 4,900 doses of the Moderna vaccine are ready to be delivered. Those receiving the shot will have […]

COVID-19 numbers keep trending downward as 2020 comes to an end

Dec 31, 2020 | 1:55pm

One death, 190 new cases, 439 recoveries and 142 in hospital. Those are the numbers from the province on COVID-19 on the final day of 2020. The one death comes from the Saskatoon zone where a person aged 80-plus died from the virus bringing the provincial total to 155. The numbers put the active case […]

Moderna vaccines heading to northern Saskatchewan

Dec 30, 2020 | 4:56pm

Residents and staff at long-term care homes in northern Saskatchewan as well as other high priority healthcare workers will soon be getting inoculated against COVID-19. On Wednesday, the province announced the first Moderna vaccines have arrived and are on their way to the north as the province continues with its vaccination program. It is expected […]

Three more COVID-19 deaths being reported in Saskatchewan

Dec 30, 2020 | 1:52pm

The province says three people, all from the Saskatoon zone, are the latest to die as a result of COVID-19. The three were in the 30-39, 60-69 and 80-plus age bracket bringing the total number of people in Saskatchewan to die from the virus to 154.   The province is also announcing 147 new cases […]

Liberals to soon require air travellers to test negative for COVID-19 before arrival

Dec 30, 2020 | 12:14pm

The federal government says it plans to require air travellers to test negative for COVID-19 before landing in Canada. Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc says cabinet ministers decided this morning to quickly enact the new requirement. All passengers on flights entering Canada will require a negative PCR test three days before their arrival. LeBlanc didn’t […]

36 residents of Regina nursing home have died from COVID-19

Dec 29, 2020 | 5:22pm

Parkside Extendicare says the province’s worst home-care outbreak has now taken 36 lives. That figure is as of Monday.  There is no word if the deaths of two people announced Tuesday aged 80 plus from the Regina zone is included in that number or not. There are no more active cases at the home in […]

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