Omicron variant

Students will continue inclass learning – Saskatchewan Minister of Education

Jan 5, 2022 | 12:24pm

Minister of Education Dustin Duncan says Covid is something we must all live with today, from a press conference held at the Provincial Legislature. “We know that as covid case numbers increase in the community, and as omicron becomes the dominant strain in Saskatchewan we are going to see increased cases in schools. This is […]

Province adds 1954 to Covid-19 case count in first 3 days of 2022

Jan 4, 2022 | 1:54pm

After a brief pause in number reporting for the last 4 days today the province is reporting 1954 new cases of Covid 19 in the Province, with 326 new cases being reported today alone. 637 of the new cases reported since the beggining of 2022 are of the Omicron Variant. Of todays new cases 65 […]

Saskatchewan Reporting 589 Covid 19 cases

Dec 30, 2021 | 2:40pm

There are 589 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan. Of those new cases 242 are in the Saskatoon region and 137 are in the Regina area. There are 79 hospitalized cases due to COVID-19 including 14 in ICU. 4 more have died due to COVID-19 increasing the death toll to 955. On the vaccine front […]

293 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan including 136 Omicron variant

Dec 29, 2021 | 1:56pm

There are 293 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, 136 of those cases are the Omicron variant. Of those new cases 138 are located in the Regina zone with 60 inside of the Saskatoon area.   Four more individuals have died due to COVID-19 increasing the death toll to 951. There are 83 hospitalized cases […]

198 New Cases of Covid-19 In the Province of Saskatchewan

Dec 23, 2021 | 1:56pm

Covid-19 is on the rise across the province – with the latest report showing 198 cases of COVID-19 in the province. Of the new cases 63 are reported in the Saskatoon area, 64 in the Regina zone, and 18 in the Central East region. 52 of the new cases are of the Omicron variant. To […]

The Province reporting a triple digit increase in Covid Cases

Dec 22, 2021 | 1:48pm

Saskatchewan government reported 108 cases of COVID-19 in the province. Of the new cases 46 are reported in the Saskatoon area, 22 in the Regina zone, and 9 in the Central West region. 14 of the new cases are of the Omicron variant. To date there are 96 cases of the variant in the province. […]

University of Regina moving to remote learning to begin Winter 2022 term

Dec 22, 2021 | 5:46am

The University of Regina has announced that they will be shifting to remote learning to begin the 2022 Winter term due to spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. There will be a two week pause on in class learning. The start date of classes for the term has now been moved to Monday January […]

Shahab keeping eye on Omicron variant

Dec 9, 2021 | 1:45pm

The Omicron variant has arrived in Saskatchewan, but the province’s chief medical health officer isn’t raising any alarm bells. Speaking on Thursday, Dr. Saqib Shahab said the Omicron cases that have hit Canada have not had severe outcomes. “So far out of the 60-odd cases all have been mild and there have been no hospitalizations.” […]

Omicron variant has province’s chief medical health officer busy seeking information

Nov 30, 2021 | 4:20pm

Saskatchewan’s Chief Medical Health Officer says he has been in daily contact with the federal government and the Public Health Agencyc of Canada about the new COVID-19 Omicron variant. Dr. Saqib Shahab says the Public Health Agency has contacted 40 people from this province who have returned from the Southern African countries where the variant […]