There are 183 new cases of COVID-19 and 238 recoveries to report in Saskatchewan on May 12, bringing the provincial total to 43,673 cases. Nine cases tested out of province were added to the following zones: Far North West, 1; North West, 4; Saskatoon, 3; and Regina, 1.
There are two new deaths reported today. One death from the North Central zone and one death from the Central East zone, both in the 70-79 age group.
South East region reported 23 new cases, with 13 in Estevan’s Zone 4 (after nine recoveries, there are now 125 active cases), three in South East Zone 1, one in South East Zone 2, and six in Weyburn’s South East Zone 3.
The other new cases are located in the following zones: Far North West, 4; North West, 26; North Central, 7; North East, 1; Saskatoon, 52; Central West, 2; Central East, 15; Regina, 41; South West, 3; and South Central, 7. Two new cases are pending residence information. Three cases with pending residence information have been assigned to the following zones: North Central, 1; Central West, 1; and Regina, 1.
Recoveries total 41,149 and 2,016 cases are considered active.
There are 163 people in hospital. One hundred and twenty-six people are receiving inpatient care: North West, 5; North Central, 3; North East, 1; Saskatoon, 60; Central East, 4; Regina, 39; South West, 2; South Central, 7; and South East, 5. Thirty-seven people are in intensive care: North West, 1; North Central, 1; Saskatoon, 13; Central East, 2; Regina, 19; and South West, 1.
The seven-day average of new COVID-19 case number is 203 (16.6 new cases per 100,000). A chart comparing today's average to data collected over the past few months is available at https://dashboard.saskatchewan.ca/health-wellness/covid-19/seven-day-average-of-new-covid-cases.
There were 3,048 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on May 11, 2021.
To date, 808,727 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of May 10, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan's per capita rate was 679,388 tests performed per million population. The national rate was 864,811.
As of May 11, 8,628 variants of concern have been identified by screening in Saskatchewan, reported in the following zones: Far North West, 194; Far North East, 8; North West, 341; North Central, 253; North East, 50; Saskatoon, 1,098; Central West, 92; Central East, 396; Regina, 4,273; South West, 283; South Central, 624; and South East, 882. There are 134 screened VOCs with residence pending.
There are two new lineage results reported today. Of the 3,498 VOCs with lineages identified by whole genome sequencing in Saskatchewan, 3,438 are B.1.1.1.7 (UK), 51 are P.1 (Brazilian) and nine are B.1.351 (SA).
Confirmed variant of concern cases may appear in both columns on the website, depending on testing for that case. Adding the cases identified by screening and those that have received whole genome sequencing may result in double-counting individual cases.
Further statistics on the total number of cases among health care workers, breakdowns of total cases by source of infection, age, sex and region, total tests to date, per capita testing rate and current numbers of confirmed variants of concern can be found at http://www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-cases.
Negative COVID-19 Test Results On Your Phone
Beginning Wednesday, May 19th you may receive notification of a negative COVID-19 test result through an automated text messaging system. To prepare for this notification option, starting Friday, May 14, the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) will introduce data collection through the online requisition form at drive-thru and static testing sites. All patients who have a positive COVID-19 test result will still receive a call from public health, providing them with direction on self-isolation and to complete contact tracing questions. If your COVID-19 test is negative, you can receive your results by text message to your cell phone.
You will be asked to grant permission to receive negative test results via text message at the time of your COVID-19 test. These text messages will be identified as originating from the Saskatchewan Health Authority and you will be asked to verify if you are the correct recipient for the results. If you are not the right recipient and an incorrect contact number has been provided, the Saskatchewan Health Authority will use other contact methods to provide those negative test results to the right person. You will not been asked for any personal information via text message.
Vaccination update
An additional 6,737 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 537,044.
The 6,737 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered to residents living in the following zones: Far North West, 100; Far North East, 15; North West, 604; North Central, 477; North East, 173; Saskatoon, 2,288; Central West, 209; Central East, 276; Regina, 1,494; South West, 357; South Central, 186; and South East, 251. There were 307 doses administered with zone of residence pending.
Seventy-two per cent of those over the age of 40 have received their first dose. Sixty-two per cent of those 30+ have received their first dose. Fifty-two per cent of those 18+ have received their first dose.
All vaccine administration details for the province, including first and second doses, can be found at https://dashboard.saskatchewan.ca/health-wellness. As the source database for vaccine information, Panorama is subject to continuous data updates which may result in revised counts, day over day.
