The first COVID-19 vaccine shipment to Yorkton has taken place. Calling it "Phase I" of a vaccine roll-out, Janna-Lea Yawney, interim Director of Acute Care at the Yorkton Regional . . .
By Ryan Young
Feb 2, 2021 4:51 AM
The ongoing COVID-19 outbreak at the Yorkton Regional Health Centre has seen a rise in total cases to 84, up from 47 last week.
Of those, 14 are patients, including 4 in ICU, 31 are healthcare staff, 6 visitors and 33 secondary cases, meaning someone connected to a family member or transmission inside the facility.
Janna-Lea Yawney is the Interim Director of Acute Care for the Yorkton area. She says the outbreaks remain in the same areas: 1st East and 1st West Medical Units as well as the Intensive Care Unit, while the 2nd West Obstetrics Unit and 2nd South Medicine and Pediatrics Unit are still considered suspected outbreaks.