The province reported one new death and 98 new cases of COVID-19 Friday, along with 95 recoveries.

There are 81 people in hospital, 10 people are in intensive care.

The South Central Zone is reporting 4 new cases, Regina is reporting 25 new cases, the North Central Zone has 19 new cases, Saskatoon is reporting 12 new cases, the North West Zone has nine new cases, The Central East and the Central West Zone are both reporting eight cases, the South East Zone has four new cases, the North East Zone has two new cases and the Far North West has one new case.

763 cases are considered active in the province and 45 of those are located in the sub-region 'south-central 2' which is made up of Moose Jaw and the surrounding area.

Saskatchewan enters Step Two of re-opening Sunday, June 20 and in-person gathering limits increase across a number of sectors and for private gatherings. 

Most notably, private indoor gatherings will increase from 10 to 15 people. Note that the provincial masking mandate remains in place under Step Two.  

On June 17, the National Advisory Council on Immunization updated their statement on recommendations on the use of the COVID-19 vaccine, including recommendations for those who received AstraZeneca as a first dose.  Saskatchewan will continue to allow residents the choice of receiving AstraZeneca as their second dose or an mRNA vaccine (Moderna or Pfizer). 

Vaccines Reported

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.  Vaccination numbers on Saturday June 19 will represent vaccine administration from Friday, June 18.  Vaccination numbers on Sunday will provide results from Saturday, June 19. 

The additional 24,260 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered to residents living in the following zones: Far North West, 182; Far North Central, 3; Far North East, 421; North West, 1,821; North Central, 1,921; North East, 809; Saskatoon, 5,106; Central West, 638; Central East, 2,123; Regina, 7,296; South West, 612; South Central, 1,100; and South East, 1,475.  There were 753 doses administered with zone of residence pending.

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.