Four Sask. players named to Canada world junior hockey championship team
Dec 14, 2024
Berkly Catton, Brayden Yager, Caden Price and Tanner Howe were all named.
The trend of high COVID-19 case counts in Saskatchewan continued Sunday.
There were 60 new cases reported, increasing the province’s total to date to 2,729.
15 people recovered from the virus, raising that total to 2,085 and putting the active total at 619.
Saskatoon leads the province in both new and active cases. 27 new cases were reported Sunday, bringing that city’s active total to 188.
Many of those cases are linked to community transmission at bars and restaurants: 48 cases have been linked to the Longbranch Bar outbreak, 22 cases to Diva’s nightclub, 11 cases to the Canadian Brewhouse in Stonebridge and eight cases to Outlaws Country Rock Bar.
Hospitalizations also increased. 21 people are receiving inpatient care in hospital, 10 in the North region, eight in the Saskatoon area, and three in the Regina area.
Four people are in intensive care, three in Saskatoon and one in Regina.
2,617 COVID-19 tests were performed Saturday, raising the total to 247,909.