There is one new case of COVID-19 to report in South East zone 4, which includes Estevan, according to the daily report for June 30.
It’s the only new case for the South East region, and it is the only active case in South East Zone 4.
It's also the first reported case in South East Zone 4 since June 19.
Zone 4 had no active cases on June 29 for the first time since September 2020.
There are 31 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on June 30, bringing the provincial total to 48,854 cases.
The other new cases are located in the following zones: Far North West, 3; Far North East, 1; North West, 6; North Central, 2; North East, 1; Saskatoon, 11; Central East, 1; and Regina, 2. Three cases are pending residence information.
No new deaths are being reported today.
Another 60 people have recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries to 47,851. Two of the new recoveries are from the South East.
A total of 435 cases are considered active, including 29 from the South East.
There are 69 people in hospital. Nobody is in hospital in the South East. Fifty-five are receiving inpatient care and 14 are in intensive care.
The seven-day average of new COVID-19 case number is 45.
There were 1,506 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on June 29, including 82 in the South East.
An additional 17,420 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, including 1,349 in the South East, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 1,153,720.
Eighty-one per cent of those over the age of 40+ have received their first dose. Seventy-six per cent of those 30+ have received their first dose. Seventy-one per cent of those 18+ have received their first dose, while seventy per cent of those 12+ have also received their first dose.
With declining COVID-19 case trends in the province, the daily COVID-19 vaccination and case news release will be issued on weekdays with the exception of statutory holidays. Therefore, there will not be a COVID-19 case news release published Thursday, July 1. The next provincial COVID-19 case news release will be issued July 2 and then resume weekdays starting July 5.
The COVID-19 dashboard, which contains all vaccination and case information including vaccines delivered, new and active cases, hospitalizations, testing, and status of variants of concern for the province will continue to be published seven days a week at this time. The dashboard can be found at www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-cases.
Also, effective immediately, the Mercury will only post and share the local numbers for COVID-19 when there has been a change for South East Zone 4, such as when there are new cases or recoveries.
The province-wide numbers will still be posted under our Local News sub-tab on our website.
