There are 186 new cases of COVID-19 and 266 recoveries to report in Saskatchewan on May 11, bringing the provincial total to 43,481 cases. Seven cases tested out of province were added to the following zones: Far North West, 2; North West, 2; and Regina, 3.
There are four new deaths reported today. Three deaths in the North West zone from the following age groups: 30 to 39, 1; 70 to 79, 1; and 80+, 1; and one death in the South Central zone from the 60 to 69 age group.
South East region saw seven new cases, three in Zone 1 and four in Weyburn’s Zone 3. Estevan’s Zone 4 didn’t report any new cases, and nine people have recovered. Currently there are 121 active cases in Estevan’s Zone 4.
The other new cases are located in the following zones: Far North West, 1; Far North East, 5; North West, 13; North Central, 29; North East, 3; Saskatoon, 53; Central West, 1; Central East, 7; Regina, 46; South West, 7; and South Central, 12. Two new cases are pending residence information. Four cases with pending residence information have been assigned to the following zones: Far North East, 1; Central East, 1; and Regina, 2.
Recoveries total 40,911 and 2,064 cases are considered active.
There are 162 people in hospital. One hundred and twenty-four people are receiving inpatient care: North West, 5; North Central, 4; North East, 1; Saskatoon, 61; Central East, 3; Regina, 40; South West, 1; South Central, 3; and South East, 6. Thirty-eight people are in intensive care: North Central, 2; Saskatoon, 13; Central East, 2; Regina, 19; South West, 1; and South Central, 1.
The seven-day average of new COVID-19 case number is 204 (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 3,043 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on May 10, 2021.
To date, 805,679 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of May 9, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan's per capita rate was 676,807 tests performed per million population. The national rate was 861,639.
As of May 10, 8,514 variants of concern have been identified by screening in Saskatchewan, reported in the following zones: Far North West, 191; Far North East, 8; North West, 324; North Central, 251; North East, 50; Saskatoon, 1,064; Central West, 91; Central East, 384; Regina, 4,253; South West, 279; South Central, 616; and South East, 871. There are 132 screened VOCs with residence pending.
There are 60 new lineage results reported today. Of the 3,496 VOCs with lineages identified by whole genome sequencing in Saskatchewan, 3,436 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.
Vaccination update
An additional 3,050 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 530,307.
The 3,050 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered to residents living in the following zones: Far North West, 82; Far North Central, 1; Far North East, 19; North West, 164; North Central, 334; North East, 40; Saskatoon, 1,341; Central West, 21; Central East, 160; Regina, 269; South West, 162; South Central, 66; and South East, 307. There were 84 doses administered with zone of residence pending.
Seventy-two per cent of those over the age of 40 have received their first dose. Sixty-one per cent of those 30+ have received their first dose. Fifty-one 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.
