COVID-19 Update Thursday June 4
*1 new case in Saskatchewan Wednesday, totaling 647. 602 recoveries, 34 active cases and 11 deaths.
*The Saskatchewan Health Authority will be easing visitation restrictions this week at long term care facilities. It will allow residents to receive visits from more than one family member at a time, so long as all the new guidelines are met.
*In the wake of a large anti-racism rally outside of the Saskatchewan Legislature, a warning has been published by the Chief Medical Health Officer about attending large gatherings in general. Dr. Saqib Shahab says going to events of more than the current limit of 10 people increases the chance of COVID-19 transmission.
*1 new case in Manitoba, totaling 298. 282 recoveries, 9 active cases and 7 deaths.
*In Canada, there are 93,085 COVID-19 cases, with 7,498 deaths and 51,048 recoveries.
*In the U.S, there are 1.9 million cases with 109,000 deaths and 432,000 recoveries.
*World-wide, there are 6.5 million cases, 388,000 deaths and 3.1 million recoveries.