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Apr 14, 2021 2:39 PM
Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Health is reporting there were 193 new COVID-19 cases, 222 recoveries and one more death, this time in the southeast.
A person in their 70s in the southeast zone is the latest Saskatchewan resident to die due to the virus. The death toll in the province now stands at 458.
There have been 3,901 cases of variants of concern identified in the province, an increase of 88 since Tuesday.
A look at the numbers
The 193 new cases increase the provincial total to date to 37,805.
The latest new cases were reported in the Regina (66), Saskatoon (40), northwest (20), central-east (13), southwest (eight), south-central (nine), southeast (17), north-central (two), far northwest (five), and northeast (two) zones. The hometowns of 11 other cases are being determined.
Posted: Apr 13, 2021 2:00 AM CT | Last Updated: April 13
Chelsea Dreher says she wants a prospective deadline for when long-term care residents will be able to have more visitors.(Submitted by Chelsea Dreher)
Chelsea Dreher, 32, is fully vaccinated after receiving her second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in late February, but she hasn t been able to leave her ward, go outside or visit other residents for almost two weeks.
That s because she lives at the Wascana Rehabilitation Centre, a long-term care facility in Regina, and her particular ward has been under a lockdown since a staff member tested positive for COVID-19 a little less than two weeks ago, she said.
Prince Albert Daily Herald
Expert calls blaming slowdown in suicide prevention on the pandemic “a nice excuse,” criticizes spending priorities in budget
Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Health said implementation of its suicide prevention plan is underway, but has been “impacted and slowed by the need for comprehensive COVID-19 health system response.”
The ministry responded after this year’s budget tabled on Tuesday made no mention of northern or Indigenous youth suicide in funding Pillars for Life: The Saskatchewan Suicide Prevention Plan.
The ministry promised to “further expand mental health first aid training across the province, and enhance research to support local suicide prevention with a specific focus on northern youth.”
Maxine Koskie says she was caught off guard
Social Sharing My concern is that it s been very underhanded, says Maxine Koskie, who believed Regina site was using Pfizer
Posted: Apr 10, 2021 2:04 PM CT | Last Updated: April 10
Maury and Maxine Koskie say they were caught off guard when they were told they would be receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine, after the two made appointments at Evraz Place, where they believed the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was being offered.(Submitted by Maxine Koskie )
Maxine Koskie says when she heard she wouldn t be getting the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as planned, she broke down and cried.
The Regina resident is waiting for surgery and required a vaccine for the procedure one she s been waiting for since last October.
Prince Albert Daily Herald
Sask. suicide prevention plan “impacted and slowed” amid pandemic response
Expert calls blaming slowdown in suicide prevention on the pandemic “a nice excuse” from a province not willing to do the work
Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Health said implementation of its suicide prevention plan
is
underway, but has been “impacted and slowed by the need for comprehensive COVID-19 health system response.”
The ministry responded after this year’s budget tabled on Tuesday made no mention of northern or Indigenous youth suicide in funding
Pillars for Life: The Saskatchewan Suicide Prevention Plan.
The ministry promised to “further expand mental health first aid training across the province, and enhance research to support local suicide prevention with a specific focus on northern youth.”