COVID-19 in Sask: 111 in hospital, death toll tops 600

Saskatchewan reached another grim milestone on Monday, with total deaths due to COVID-19 exceeding 600.

With two new deaths announced, there have now been 601 deaths since the pandemic began in March 2020.

The province also announced199 new cases, fewer than Sundaybut more than triple the number from a month ago.

There are now 2,068 active cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan.

The Saskatoon zone isthe province's coronavirus hotspot with 652known active cases. That's more than six timesthe number in the Regina zone.

There are 111people in hospital for COVID-19 provincewide, up threefrom Sunday.

Another number that keeps going up is people who are fully vaccinated.

Currently, 694,445people have had both shots, a jump of about seven per cent over the past month.