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The Saskatchewan Health Authority has reported 118 COVID-19 vaccines were given yesterday bringing the provinc...

The new cases are located in the Far Northwest (30), Far North Central (3), Far North East (16), Northwest (27), North Central (26), Northeast (13), Saskatoon (90), Central West (9), Central East (25), Regina (58), Southwest (1), South Central (3) and Southeast (19) zones and eight new cases have pending residence information. One case with pending residence information was assigned to the Northwest (1) zone. A total of 20,575 individuals have recovered, including 300 new recoveries as of J...

Saskatchewan reported Friday its highest single-day total of new COVID-19 cases in the past two weeks. In a media release, the Ministry of Health said there were 328 new cases — the highest-such number since 382 cases were announced Jan. 15. The seven-day average of new cases increased to 247, or 20.1 per 100,000 population. The province also reported seven more deaths due to COVID, increasing the total to date in Saskatchewan to 292. Three people in the 80-and-over age group (two from the Re...

The Saskatchewan Health Authority administered 308 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine yesterday. This brings the provincial total of vaccines given to 35,091 in Saskatchewan. As of January 29, 107 per cent of the doses received have been administered. This overage is due to efficiencies in drawing extra doses from vials of vaccine received. The doses were administered in the following zones: Far North Central (33), Saskatoon (233), Central East (22), and South East (20). Back-dated corrections sub...

With the recent announcement of a reduction in deliveries of Pfizer and Moderna vaccine over the next four weeks, the vaccine distribution schedule is being adjusted to account for these delays. The bulk of doses received next month must be used for second dose requirements, and some communities originally slated to receive first doses will see delays. Swift Current and Regina were slated to receive vaccine delivery next week for first dose administration to priority groups, but that will be r...

By Drew Postey Jan 28, 2021 10:50 AM The junction of Highways 32 and 21 near Leader is shut down again. It had reopened around 8:00 AM Thursday morning but RCMP shut it down around noon to aid SaskEnergy’s efforts to track down a natural gas leak. SaskEnergy is concentrating their focus on that area and have not yet pinpointed an exact location for the leak but are continuing to commence additional sweeps in the town of Leader to ensure all possibilities have been taken into considera...

Posted: Jan 28, 2021 2:25 PM CT | Last Updated: January 28 The province has now reported 274 COVID-related deaths since the pandemic began. Of those, 132 were in January. (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

(Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo) The death toll in Saskatchewan due to COVID-19 rose to 285 on Thursday, when the provincial government announced the deaths of 11 residents. Six people in the 80-and-over age group — four from the Regina zone and two from the Saskatoon area — were among those who passed away. Two people in their 60s (one from the north-central zone, one from the Saskatoon area), two individuals in their 70s (one from each of the far northeast and northwest zones) and one pe...

There were 118 administered doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported yesterday in Saskatchewan – this brings the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 34,672.   As of January 28, 106 per cent of the doses received have been administered.  This overage is due to efficiencies in drawing extra doses from vials of vaccine received. The doses were administered in the following zones: Far North Central (10), North West (12), North Central (11), Central East (55) and South East (30...

  REGINA -- A Saskatchewan couple awoke Thursday to a big surprise after a TikTok of their daughter went viral overnight, capturing the attention of pop star Halsey. Bella, 7, and her parents Kyla and Lyle Thomson live on an acreage near Swift Current, Sask. A video of Bella drawing on TikTok has gained upwards of 10 million views since it was posted on Wednesday afternoon. Kyla had turned off her notifications on her phone before heading to bed on Wednesday only to awake to find she had a...