NITHA reports 370 active COVID-19 cases; Athabasca reports
The Northern Inter Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) reported 370 active cases of COVID-19 in their communities Tuesday.
The far northwest zone reported the most active cases with 121. The second highest number of active cases was reported by the far northeast with 99. The northeast region reported 88 cases while the north central zone had 16.
NITHA said 14 people are in hospital while the number of recoveries currently stands at 2,156.
In the far north central Saskatchewan the Athabasca Health Authority reported 16 active cases Tuesday. The health authority also reported two new positive cases from their last report along with four new recoveries.
New North advocates for return of daily community COVID reports
The association representing northern communities, is joining other leaders in calling for the return of daily community COVID reports.
“It’s something that we can take into our own deliberations and make sure that we are trying to battle COVID, the best we can,” said New North Central representative Jordan McPhail. “The more accurate and updating information we can receive gives us the best information at hand to be able to do those to make our business decisions that we have to make at the municipal level.”
The Sask. Health Authority ceased issuing these reports around the new year, citing it was not able to issue these reports daily and that it was impacting the care to the North.
Vidal questions vaccine rollout on First Nations communities
The MP for Northern Saskatchewan says a First Nations community in his riding has only received 30 doses of the Moderna vaccination, despite having a COVID-19 outbreak declared.
“I had heard a couple of Parliamentary Secretaries, all telling us in the House of Commons, what a great job the government has done in securing vaccines and this great rollout,” explained Desnethé Missinippi Churchill River MP Gary Vidal. “I received a message from someone, we choose to talk about the fact that he was dealing with three funerals. They only receive 30 vaccines, they have a COVID outbreak, because in the middle of a suicide crisis.”
383 active COVID-19 cases reported by NITHA Friday
The Northern Inter Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) was reporting 383 active cases of COVID-19 in their communities Friday.
The far northwest reported the highest number of cases with 131. The northeast has the second highest number of cases with 105 followed by the far northeast which is reporting 92 active cases. The north central zone had the lowest number of active cases with 17.
NITHA said 16 people are in hospital while 2,022 recoveries are being reported.
In the far north central part of the province the Athabasca Health Authority was reporting 24 active COVID-19 cases. The health authority said two of these cases are new ones. They also reported eight recoveries.