5,504 COVID-19 vaccine doses, 280 new cases, 190 recoveries reported Saturday

A list of first and second doses in Saskatchewan, administered by geographic zone, is available here.

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Daily COVID-19 Statistics

There are 280 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Sunday, bringing the provincial total of cases reported to date to 34,323.

There are no new deaths to report. The total number of deaths was incorrectly reported on Saturday as 437 and should be 436, as one death was previously incorrectly reported.

The new cases are located in the Far North West (six), Far North East (one), North West (18), North Central (three), North East (11), Saskatoon (51), Central West (one) Central East (10), Regina (127), South West (6), South Central (20), and South East (24) zones. Two new cases have pending residence information. One case has been assigned to the North West (one) zone. There are a total of 31,744 recoveries and 2,143 cases are considered active.

One hundred eighty-nine (189) people are in hospital. One hundred and forty-seven (147) people are receiving inpatient care: Far North East (one), North West (nine), North Central (two), Saskatoon (41), Central East (12), Regina (72), South Central (one), South East (nine). Forty-two (42) people are in intensive care: North Central (two), Saskatoon (nine), Central East (two), Regina (26), and South Central (three).

The seven-day average of daily new cases is 220 (17.9 new cases per 100,000). A chart comparing today’s average to data collected over the past several months is available on the Government of Saskatchewan website.

There were 3,336 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on Saturday.

To date, 677,547 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of March 31, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 563,795 tests performed per million population. The national rate was 730,689 tests performed per million population. The Public Health Agency website has not been updated and last available numbers are as of March 31st.

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NITHA numbers

There are 45 active cases of COVID-19 in Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority communities.

The active cases are located in the Far North West (11), Far North East (23), and North East (11). Of the 3,300 cases reported to date in NITHA communities, (98%) have recovered.

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5,504 COVID-19 vaccine doses, 280 new cases, 190 recoveries reported Saturday

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