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By paNOW Staff

COVID-19 Update

Province announces 77 new cases of COVID-19 and one death today

Jun 10, 2021 | 3:10 PM

The province announced another 77 new cases of COVID-19 and 129 recoveries in Saskatchewan on June 10. This brings the provincial total to 47,668 cases; 46,213 and 902 cases are considered active.

The new cases in northern Saskatchewan are located in the following zones: Far North West, nine; Far North East, one; North West, eight; and North Central, 10. One case is pending residence information. Eight cases with pending residence information have been assigned to the following zones: Far North West, one; North West, one; North Central, two; and Regina, four.

Eighteen cases who tested out of province were added: North Central, one; Saskatoon, seven; Central West, one; Regina, eight; and one case with pending resident information. One case in the South Central zone was found not to be a Saskatchewan resident and removed from case counts.

Another 77 new cases of COVID-19 were announced by the provincial government on June 10. (Government of Saskatchewan)

One new death is being reported today in the 70 to 79 age group in the Central East zone.

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NITHA Data

As of June 9, there are 48 active cases of COVID-19 in NITHA communities. These cases are located in the Far North Central (Athabasca), 0; Far North West, 16; Far North East, 27; North Central, two; and North East, three. There are 23 active cases of COVID-19 Variants of Concern (VOCs) in NITHA communities. These cases are located in the Far North West, eight; and Far North East, 15. There are 3,587 cases (98 per cent) recovered, and four people are hospitalized.

As of June 9, there are 48 active cases of COVID-19 in NITHA communities in the province, including 23 variants of concern. (Facebook/NITHA Saskatchewan)

Vaccines reported

An additional 16,787 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 845,439.

The 16,787 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered to residents living in the following zones: Far North West, 257; Far North Central, five; Far North East, 228; North West, 1,184; North Central, 1,297; North East, 619; Saskatoon, 4,858; Central West, 501; Central East, 1,120; Regina, 3,598; South West, 816; South Central, 799; and South East, 1,219. There were 286 doses administered with zone of residence pending.

The Saskatchewan government announced on June 10 another 16,787 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were administered. (Government of Saskatchewan)

Seventy-eight per cent of those over the age of 40 have received their first dose. Seventy-three per cent of those 30+ have received their first dose. Sixty-eight per cent of those 18+ have received their first dose, while sixty-six per cent of those 12+ have also received their first dose.

Re-Open Saskatchewan – Places of Worship

The capacity limits for graveside services have increased from 30 to 150 as part of Step One of Saskatchewan’s Re-Opening Roadmap.

Re-Open Saskatchewan – Temporary Food Vendor Guidelines

Food trucks and beer gardens will be emerging over the summer months. The gathering numbers for temporary food vendors are limited to 150 outdoors and 30 indoors. Full details on the COVID-19 guidelines for Temporary Food Vendors can be found here.

This is an abridged version of the recent Government of Saskatchewan COVID-19 update. Click here to view the the press release in its entirety.

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