The Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) have declared a COVID-19 outbreak in Stanley Mission.
According to a media release, the outbreak declaration came after an increased amount of cases after multiple household gatherings between March 31 and April 3.
NITHA says contract tracing has begun and if you were at any of these gatherings during the listed dates to immediately self-isolate if they have or have had COVID-19 symptoms and to call HealthLine 811 or there community health clinic. They also said those who have no symptoms can self-monitor for 14 days.
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A new one-day record of COVID-19 vaccine was given in Saskatchewan. There were 12,615 vaccines administered, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 268,895.
The 12,615 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered to residents living in the following regions: Far North West (268), Far North Central (seven), Far North East (225), North West (776), North Central (704), North East (964), Saskatoon (2,321), Central West (700), Central East (1,588), Regina (1,565), South West (871), South Central (578) and South East (1,664). There were 384 doses administered with zone of residence pending.
Forty-seven per cent of Saskatchewan residents age 50+ have received their first dose. All vaccine administration details for the province, including first and second doses, can be found on the dashboard. As the source database for vaccine information, Panorama is subject to continuous data updates which may result in revised counts, day over day.
Daily COVID-19 Statistics
There are 280 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Sunday, bringing the provincial total of cases reported to date to 34,323.
There are no new deaths to report. The total number of deaths was incorrectly reported on Saturday as 437 and should be 436, as one death was previously incorrectly reported.
The new cases are located in the Far North West (six), Far North East (one), North West (18), North Central (three), North East (11), Saskatoon (51), Central West (one) Central East (10), Regina (127), South West (6), South Central (20), and South East (24) zones. Two new cases have pending residence information. One case has been assigned to the North West (one) zone. There are a total of 31,744 recoveries and 2,143 cases are considered active.
SASKATOON COVID-19 variants are spreading in Saskatchewan, with cases now detected in the north The Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) says there’s been two variant cases detected in the far north eastern and far north western part of the province not disclosing exact locations. Dr. Nnamdi Ndubuka, NITHA’s the chief medical health officer, says the variant cases can be 30 to 70 per cent more transmissible than the original COVID-19 virus. “It can spread faster and it can cause individuals to be more sick than the original COVID-19 virus,” Ndubuka tells CTV News. “So what this means is that our health system could be overwhelmed very easily.”
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