The latest COVID-19 numbers in Saskatchewan are out. The provincial government says there are six new confirmed cases of the virus which brings the provincial total to 421. Of those six, four of the cases are in the North region with two in Lloydminster and two in Prince Albert. The others are in the Saskatoon […]
The province is expanding testing efforts as the battle against COVID19 continues. The Saskatchewan Health Authority announced Saturday morning that long-term care and personal care home residents will now be tested for the virus upon either admission or re-admission and that residents and staff will also be tested if there are any positive tests. In […]
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is declaring an outbreak of coronavirus in Beauval following an increasing number of cases. A contact tracing investigation is underway. The SHA is asking anyone who may have travelled through the community of Beauval between April 12 and April 27 to self-monitor for any symptoms of COVID-19. These include: fever, cough, […]
Six new COVID19 cases are being reported by the province of Saskatchewan on Thursday. Three of the six, which now bring the provincial total to 389, are from the north region with two of them based in Lloydminster where officials are dealing with an outbreak at the city’s hospital. Two are from the Saskatoon area […]
The daily briefing from the Saskatchewan government on COVID19 is not as optimistic as other days. A 6th person has died from the virus. That person was in their 80’s and from the far north region. In addition, the province has recorded its highest total of cases in one day since April 4 as there […]
New data is being released by the Saskatchewan Health Authority showing the province is in a significantly better position to manage COVID-19 as a result of the interventions taken to date to slow the spread of the virus. New Saskatchewan specific information shows Saskatchewan’s Basic Reproductive Number for the virus as 3.12. This means the […]
Canada is making progress in the battle against the COVID-19 epidemic but we’re far from out of the woods, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday as his government released new projections for the disease. Trudeau warned that caution remains the watchword when it comes to lifting restrictions that have devastated the economy. “The measures we’ve […]
The Saskatchewan government is confirming a fifth death in the province due to COVID-19. A man in his 80’s from the Far North region has died from complications related to the virus. That man is said to have been a resident of a long-term care home in La Loche. The government says 29 of the […]
The province says four new cases of COVID-19 have been reported on Sunday bringing the total of cases to 353. Of the four new cases, three are from the far north with the other one in Regina. Of the 61 active cases in the province, 32 are in the far north while nine are in […]
The daily briefing from the Saskatchewan government on the COVID-19 virus shows eight new cases bringing the provincial total to 349 with eight more recoveries bringing the total to 288. Of the eight new cases. seven are in the far north. On Friday, the government issued a public health order restricting travel in and out […]
