There are 295 new cases of COVID-19 and 237 recoveries to report in Saskatchewan on May 7, bringing the provincial total to 42,695 cases. Twenty-four cases tested out of province were added to the North West, 7; North Central, 1; Saskatoon, 5; Central West, 1; Central East, 2; Regina, 4; South West, 1; and South East, 1. Two cases tested out of province are pending residence information.
One new death is reported today in the 70-79 age group from the South West zone.
South East region reported 32 new cases, with 22 in Estevan’s Zone 4 (112 total active cases), four in South East Zone 1, one in South East Zone 2, and five in Weyburn’s Zone 3.
The other new cases are located in the following zones: Far North West, 2; Far North East, 5; North West, 33; North Central, 17; North East, 9; Saskatoon, 98; Central West, 1; Central East, 10; Regina, 68; South West, 9; and South Central, 7. Four new cases are pending residence information. Two cases with pending residence information have been assigned to the following zones: North West, 1; and Regina, 1.
Recoveries total 39,954 and 2,239 cases are considered active.
There are 174 people in hospital. One hundred and thirty-six people are receiving inpatient care: Far North East, 1; North West, 8; North Central, 3; North East, 4; Saskatoon, 62; Central East, 2; Regina, 46; South West, 2; South Central, 3; and South East, 5. Thirty-eight people are in intensive care: North Central, 2; Saskatoon, 12; Central East, 3; Regina, 20; and South Central, 1.
The seven-day average of new COVID-19 case number is 221 (18.0 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 3,652 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on May 6, 2021.
To date, 793,271 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of May 5, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan's per capita rate was 665,763 tests performed per million population. The national rate was 848,995.
As of May 6, 7,905 variants of concern have been identified by screening in Saskatchewan, reported in the following zones: Far North West, 172; Far North East, 6; North West, 262; North Central, 190; North East, 43; Saskatoon, 930; Central West, 90; Central East, 339; Regina, 4,119; South West, 246; South Central, 576; and South East, 817. There are 115 screened VOCs with residence pending.
There are 27 new lineage results reported today. Of the 3,031 VOCs with lineages identified by whole genome sequencing in Saskatchewan, 2,986 are B.1.1.1.7 (UK), 36 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.
Vaccination update
An additional 10,530 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 491,440.
The 10,530 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered to residents living in the following zones: Far North West, 170; Far North Central, 2; Far North East, 231; North West, 787; North Central, 800; North East, 323; Saskatoon, 2,462; Central West, 323; Central East, 457; Regina, 3,536; South West, 43; South Central, 404; and South East, 618. There were 374 doses administered with zone of residence pending.
Sixty-nine per cent of those over the age of 40 have received their first dose. Fifty-six per cent of those 30+ have received their first dose. Forty-seven 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.
Next week's scheduled Moderna shipment of 31,000 doses has arrived early. Shipments totaling 30,200 doses arrived in Saskatchewan yesterday, with the remaining 800 doses expected to arrive today. They are now being distributed to vaccination clinics, First Nations and participating pharmacies province-wide.
