There is one new COVID case in Weyburn as of June 25, and 56 new cases of COVID-19 to report province-wide, bringing the provincial total to 48,646 cases.
The new cases are located in the following zones: Far North West, 6; Far North Central, 2; Far North East, 2; Northwest, 3; North Central, 1; Saskatoon, 16; Central West, 2; Central East, 7; Regina, 9; and Southeast, 3. Five cases are pending residence information. Two cases were reassigned to the Regina zone.
No new deaths are being reported today.Recoveries total 47,472, including 52 new recoveries as of June 25, and 609 cases are considered active.
There are 78 people in hospital, and 66 are receiving inpatient care: Northwest, 9; North Central, 7; Saskatoon, 31; Central West, 1; Central East, 3; Regina, 13; and South Central, 2. Twelve are in intensive care: Northwest, 2; North Central, 2; Saskatoon, 5; and Regina, 3.
The seven-day average of new COVID-19 case number is 49 (4 per 100,000).
There were 1,812 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on June 24, including 160 tests in the southeast region.
Vaccines Reported
An additional 20,988 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, including 1,750 doses in the southeast, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 1,069,657.
Eighty per cent of those over the age of 40+ have received their first dose, 75 per cent of those 30+ have received their first dose, 71 per cent of those 18+ have received their first dose, while 69 per cent of those 12+ have also received their first dose.
All Saskatchewan residents 12 years and older who have received their first dose of vaccine are now be eligible to receive their second dose following a 28-day interval.
With the Delta variant circulating in Saskatchewan, it remains recommended that all residents receive second dose vaccinations as soon as you are eligible.
As advised by National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) on June 17, Pfizer and Moderna (mRNA) vaccines are interchangeable for second doses. Residents who received Pfizer or Moderna as their first dose should take whichever of those two vaccines is available to them when they become eligible for their second dose. If you received AstraZeneca as a first dose, you may also receive either Pfizer or Moderna for a second dose. Both mRNA vaccines have been approved by Health Canada as safe and effective and allow residents to become fully vaccinated as soon as they are eligible.
Limit COVID Transmission in your Community - Get Tested
Getting tested assists the monitoring of active cases in the province, particularly with variants of concern in Saskatchewan. Even if experiencing mild symptoms, stay home and seek a COVID-19 test. Even if you have been recently vaccinated, it can take up to three weeks for your immune system to respond from a first dose and two weeks after a second dose. Vaccines are not a cure preventing all possible transmission and you remain at risk of contracting COVID-19 during that time.
COVID-19 testing is available to all residents. You can still receive a referral for COVID-19 testing through HealthLine 811 or a health care provider, and drive-thru testing sites are available without a referral seven days a week in Regina, Saskatoon, Yorkton and Prince Albert. Information on symptoms to watch for and how to get tested is available at www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-testing.
Saskatchewan's Re-Opening Roadmap - Step Two Now Underway
Saskatchewan has now entered Step Two of re-opening, with in-person gathering limits increasing across a number of sectors and for private gatherings. More information on the changes within Step Two of the Re-Opening Roadmap are available at www.saskatchewan.ca/re-open-roadmap.
Guidance for individual sectors has been updated and is available at www.saskatchewan.ca/re-open.
Saskatchewan's Re-Opening Roadmap - All Public Health Measures to Be Lifted July 11
With more than 70 per cent of residents over the age of 18 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.
That means that as of Sunday, July 11, all public health orders will be removed. This includes the removal of the province-wide mandatory masking order, and the removal of limits on events and gathering sizes.
