Highlights

The Saskatchewan Health Authority is preparing for potentially seeing as many as 8,000 COVID-19 related deaths, as the outbreak continues, and have released their plan to handle that situation should it happen

Saskatchewan now has 271 confirmed positive cases, and 26 cases are healthcare workers

An updated list of local closures or cancellations due to COVID-19 concerns

'Unless they are open for access to the public, we are not publicly disclosing the location of any of these health-care centres, to ensure that patient privacy is protected and that infection prevention and control measures are followed,' said SHA spokeswoman Amanda Purcell

The provincial government is requiring all businesses deemed non-essential to close public operations beginning Mar. 26

Here are a few of the terms and phrases you're likely hearing all over in relation to the 2019 coronavirus

Following confusion with recent measures announced by the City of Regina, the provincial government has clarified that all provincial pandemic measures take top priority within the province

The number of COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan has risen to 52, with more than half confirmed positive by testing

The total number of coronavirus cases in Saskatchewan is now twenty, with eight verified by the National Microbiology Laboratory

'This is an unprecedented and challenging time in our province, our country and the world. We are all feeling the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and our government’s first priority is the safety and health of Saskatchewan people," said finance Minister Donna Harpauer