There are no new COVID cases in the Weyburn area as of July 9, with 36 new cases of COVID-19 to report province-wide, bringing the provincial total to 49,198 cases.
The new cases are located in the following zones: Far North West, 4; Far North East, 4; Northwest, 3; North Central, 5; Northeast, 2; Saskatoon, 4; Regina, 5; Southwest, 4; and Southeast, 4. One case is pending residence information.
One new death was reported today in the 80+ age group from the Northwest zone.
Recoveries total 48,224, including 57 new recoveries as of July 9, and 403 cases are considered active.
There are 61 people in hospital, and 51 are receiving inpatient care: Northwest, 6; North Central, 6; Saskatoon, 20; Central West, 1; Central East, 1; Regina, 14; South Central, 1; and Southeast, 2. Ten are in intensive care: North Central, 2; Saskatoon, 4; and Regina, 4.
The seven-day average of new COVID-19 case number is 45 (3.7 per 100,000).
There were 2,544 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on July 8, including 119 tests in the southeast region.
Limit Transmission of Variants of Concern in your Community - Get Vaccinated
The number of confirmed cases of the Delta variant has increased significantly in the last two weeks. The Delta variant is assumed to be 1.5 times more transmissible and twice as virulent as the Alpha variant.
Two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are required for optimal protection against the Delta variant. Residents are strongly encouraged to get their first and second doses as soon as possible.
Getting tested also assists the monitoring of active cases and variants of concern in the province. Even if experiencing mild symptoms, stay home and seek a COVID-19 test. COVID-19 testing is available to all residents.
Saskatchewan's Re-Opening Roadmap - All Public Health Measures to Be Lifted July 11
With 72 per cent of residents over the age of 12 having received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, the full implementation of Step 3 of the Re-Opening Roadmap will occur on Sunday, July 11.
On July 11 the Government of Saskatchewan will remove the public health orders related to COVID-19 and lift the state of emergency for the province. This includes the removal of the province-wide mandatory masking order, and the removal of limits on events and gathering sizes.
Employers will have two weeks within which to schedule an employee who has been on a temporary layoff back to work, or provide pay instead of notice as required by The Employment Standards Regulations.
"As a response to COVID-19, we made amendments to regulations that allowed employers to maintain employees and to plan the transition back to the workplace when the public emergency no longer existed," Labour Relations and Workplace Safety Minister Don Morgan said. "Saskatchewan people have done a good job getting vaccinated. We are now able to re-open Saskatchewan."
An additional 12,678 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, including 753 doses in the southeast region, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 1,273,245. Over half a million Saskatchewan residents are now fully vaccinated.
Seventy-two per cent of those 12+ have received their first dose and 53 per cent of those 12+ are fully vaccinated.
