Latest COVID update May 5: Deaths top 500, new cases under 200, vaccination percentage climbs
The coronavirus. (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota/Twitter) More than 500 people have now died of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, but the number of new cases is again below 200 and the percentage of Saskatchewan people over the age of 40 who have a first vaccine dose continues to climb towards 70 per cent. Deaths Two more people have died. Both were in their 70s. One person was in the Saskatoon zone while the other was in the Regina region. Their deaths mean Saskatchewan has had 501 people die of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic. New cases and...