For the sixth consecutive day, there are no new cases of COVID-19 in South East Zone 4, which includes Estevan, according to the daily report.
There also were four no recoveries in Zone 4, leaving the total number of active cases at two.
There are four new cases to report in the South East region, one in South East Zone 1, two in the South East Zone 2 and one in Weyburn’s Zone 3.
There are 98 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on June 18, bringing the provincial total to 48,327 cases.
The other new cases for Saskatchewan are located in the following zones:Far North West, 1; North West, 9; North Central, 19; North East, 2; Saskatoon, 12; Central West, 8; Central East, 8; Regina, 25; South Central, 4.
One new death is being reported today in the 70-79 age group from the North West zone.
Forty-eight people in the South East and 563 people in Saskatchewan with COVID-19 have died.
Another 95 people have recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries to 47,002.
A total of 763 cases are considered active, including 35 in the South East.
There are 81 people in hospital, none in the South East. Seventy-one people in Saskatchewan are receiving inpatient care and 10 people are in intensive care.
The seven-day average of new COVID-19 case number is 78 (6.4 per 100,000).
There were 2,455 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on June 17, including 178 in the South East.
As of end of day Thursday, June 17, there were an additional 24,260 vaccinations administered. This represents two days of vaccine administration (Wednesday June 16 and Thursday June 17). Vaccine reporting numbers have routinely been reported over a 48-hour period in order to ensure complete vaccine administration data/information and therefore represents vaccinations from two days previous. The vaccine administration reporting timeline was adjusted to a 24-hour period for a short term in order to provide the most up to date information to support a decision on the ability to move to Step 3 of the Re-Open Roadmap.
Included in total are 1,475 vaccines administered in the South East.
Twenty-five per cent of all eligible residents are now fully vaccinated. Seventy-nine per cent of those over the age of 40+ have received their first dose. Seventy-four per cent of those 30+ have received their first dose. Sixty-nine per cent of those 18+ have received their first dose, while sixty-eight per cent of those 12+ have also received their first dose.
