There are 115 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on March 18, bringing the provincial total to 31,085 cases.
One Saskatchewan resident who tested positive for COVID-19 has died. The death was reported in the 80-plus age group from the Saskatoon zone.
There are eight new cases in the South East region, including four in South East Zone 4, which includes Estevan. There is one new case in South East Zone 3, which includes Weyburn, one new case in Zone 2, which is north of Zone 4, and two in Zone 1, which is northwest of Zone 4.
There are 12 active cases in South East Zone 4 – the highest number of cases in several weeks, and 43 active cases in the South East.
The other new cases in Saskatchewan are located in the Far North West (1), North West (4), North Central (3), North East (3), Saskatoon (15), Central West (2), Central East (5), Regina (65), South West (3) and South Central (3) zones. Three (3) new cases are pending residence information.
Four (4) cases with pending residence information were assigned to the North Central zone.
Another 96 people have recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries to 29,392. Two of the recoveries are from the South East.
A total of 1,282 cases are considered active in Saskatchewan.
One hundred thirty-six (136) people are in hospital. One hundred and nine (109) people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (3), Far North East (1), North West (5), North Central (6), Saskatoon (41), Central East (6), Regina (41), South West (1), South Central (2) and South East (3).
Twenty-seven (27) people are in intensive care: North West (1), Saskatoon (11), Central East (3), Regina (11) and South Central (1).
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 128 (10.4 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 2,872 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on March 17, including 146 in the South East.
To date, 620,536 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of March 16, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan's per capita rate was 521,050 tests performed per million population. The national rate was 687,834 tests performed per million population.
As of March 18, there are no new confirmed variants of concern (VOC) cases to report. There are 135 confirmed variants of concern cases in Saskatchewan: 129 B1.1.1.7 (UK) and six B1.351 (SA).
The Regina zone accounts for 121 (or 90 per cent) of the confirmed VOC cases reported in Saskatchewan.
In addition to the confirmed cases, there are currently 433 presumptive VOC cases reported in the Far North East (1), Saskatoon (12), Central East (6), Regina (368), South Central (27) and South East (19) zones.
An additional 5,430 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 118,195.
The 5,430 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported on March 18 were administered in the following regions: Far North West (274), Far North East (131), North West (641), North Central (178), North East (54), Saskatoon (778), Central West (35), Central East (33), Regina (2,630), South West (431), and South East (245).
Of the doses administered March 17, 1,904 were delivered at the Regina drive thru clinic location alone.
For a listing of first and second doses in Saskatchewan administered by geographic zone, visit https://www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-vaccine-update.
As of March 17, 66,101 appointments have been booked using the new appointment systems: 47,726 online and 18,375 by telephone. Sask. COVID-19 update: 115 new cases, including four in Estevan’s zone
