One death and 77 new cases of COVID-19 were reported Thursday along with 129 recoveries.

902 cases are now considered active in the province and 101 people are in hospital with 19 in intensive care.

One death is being reported today in the 70 to 79 age group in the Central East zone. 

Of the new cases, 12 are here in the South Central  Zone, 18 are in Saskatoon, ten are in the North Central Zone, nine are in the North West Zone, eight are in Regina, eight are in the North West, seven are in the South East, two are in the South West and one is in the Central East.

69 of the active cases in the province are located in the sub-region 'south-central 2' which is made up of Moose Jaw and the surrounding area.

Re-opening Saskatchewan

  • The capacity limits for graveside services have increased from 30 to 150 as part of Step One of Saskatchewan's Re-Opening Roadmap. Places of Worship Guidelines can be found here.
  • Outdoor pools will soon be opening for the summer. Capacity limits now match the outdoor gathering limits of 150.  The capacity for indoor aquatic centres remains at 100. Recreation Guidelines can be found here.
  • Food trucks and beer gardens will be emerging over the summer months.  The gathering numbers for temporary food vendors are limited to 150 outdoors and 30 indoors. Temporary Food Vendor Guidelines can be found here.

Vaccines Reported

An additional 16,787 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 845,439. 

The 16,787 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered to residents living in the following zones: Far North West, 257; Far North Central, 5; Far North East, 228; North West, 1,184; North Central, 1,297; North East, 619; Saskatoon, 4,858; Central West, 501; Central East, 1,120; Regina, 3,598; South West, 816; South Central, 799; and South East, 1,219.  There were 286 doses administered with zone of residence pending.

Seventy-eight per cent of those over the age of 40 have received their first dose.  Seventy-three per cent of those 30+ have received their first dose.  Sixty-eight per cent of those 18+ have received their first dose, while sixty-six per cent of those 12+ have also received their first dose.