COVID-19 in Sask.: Record number of people in hospital, 2 more deaths
CBC
A record-high 363 people are in Saskatchewan hospitals with COVID-19 Monday, 42 of them in ICU.
Of the 363 patients, around 31 per cent were not fully vaccinated.
Thirty-three of those ICU patients were admitted for COVID-19-related illnesses, and eight were incidental COVID-19 infections.
One child remains in PICU/NICU for COVID-19-related illness.
Two more deaths were also reported Monday, for a total of 992 COVID-related deaths in Saskatchewan.
The province's test positivity was at 33 per cent Monday.
Known active cases in the province are at 12,208. That does not include people who tested positive on an at-home rapid test only or asymptomatic carriers.
As of Monday, 388 new people had a first dose and 1,043 were newly fully vaccinated.
P.E.I.'s Public Schools Branch is looking for 50 substitute bus drivers, and it'll be recruiting at three job fairs on Saturday, June 8. The job fairs are located at the Atlantic Superstore in Montague, Royalty Crossing in Charlottetown, and the bus parking lot of Three Oaks Senior High in Summerside. All three run from 9 a.m. until noon. Dave Gillis, the director of transportation and risk management for the Public Schools Branch, said the number of substitute drivers they're hiring isn't unusual. "We are always looking for more. Our drivers tend to have an older demographic," he said.