Outbreaks at long-term care homes trigger red level restrictions that prohibit social visits, but Saskatchewan Health Authority's Dr. Johnmark Opondo says family visitation should be accommodated for Mother's Day, unless residents are sick.
The number of active COVID-19 cases being reported in Saskatchewan continued to decline Thursday.
The Ministry of Health reported in a media release there were 190 new cases, 439 recoveries and one death. Those figures left the active caseload at 2,699, its lowest level since it was 2,683 on Nov. 23.
It was the third straight report from the provincial government in which the number of active cases had dropped.
A resident of the Saskatoon area who was in the 80-and-over age group and who previously had tested positive became the 155th person in the province to die due to COVID-19 since March.
The individual was the 108th person to die from the virus in Saskatchewan in December.