There are no new COVID cases in the Weyburn area as of June 28, with 17 new cases of COVID-19 to report province-wide, bringing the provincial total to 48,771 cases. Declining case numbers are a significant indicator that vaccination efforts are having an impact in the province.
In order to further reduce COVID-19 transmission now and through the remainder of 2021, residents are still encouraged to get their first and second doses of the vaccine.
The new cases are located in the following zones: Far North West, 2; Far North East, 1; Northwest, 1; North Central, 1; Saskatoon, 3; Central East, 1; Regina, 4; and Southeast, 3. One new case is pending residence information. Three cases pending residence have been assigned to the Far North East, 1; and Northwest, 2, zones.
No new deaths were reported today. Recoveries total 47,737, including 98 new recoveries, and 468 cases are considered active. There are 13 active cases in the Weyburn area, and 34 active cases for the southeast region.
There are 76 people in hospital, and 63 are receiving inpatient care: Northwest, 6; North Central, 9; Saskatoon, 28; Central West, 1; Central East, 1; Regina, 16; and South Central, 2. Thirteen are in intensive care: Northwest, 2; North Central, 3; Saskatoon, 6; and Regina, 2.
The seven-day average of new COVID-19 case number is 43 (3.5 per 100,000).
There were 976 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on June 27, including 93 tests in the southeast region.
An additional 12,395 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, including 242 doses in the southeast region, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 1,127,683.
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 70 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.
Saskatchewan's Re-Opening Roadmap - All Public Health Measures to Be Lifted July 11
With 71 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 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.
