There are 116 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on March 7, bringing the provincial total to 29,709 cases.
Two Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. One death was reported in the 40-49 age group from the Far North West zone, and one death was reported in the 19 and under age group from the North West zone.
Six of the new cases are in the South East region. None are in South East Zone 4, which includes Estevan. There are two new cases in Zone 2, which is north of Zone 4, and four new cases in Zone 1, which is northwest of Zone 4.
There are three active cases in Zone 4, and 24 active cases throughout the South East.
The other new cases in Saskatchewan are located in the Far North West (6), Far North Central (1), Far North East (3), North West (6), North Central (8), Saskatoon (19), Central West (2), Central East (8), Regina (50), South West (2) and South Central (5) zones. One case with pending residence information was assigned to the Regina zone.
Another 209 people are listed as recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries to 27,793. Four more people in the South East are considered recovered.
A total of 1,518 cases are considered active.
One hundred and thirty-six people are in hospital. One hundred and fourteen people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (3), Far North East (1), North West (11), North Central (10), North East (1), Saskatoon (50), Central East (3), Regina (33) and South East (2). The number of people in hospital in the South East is unchanged from March 6.
Twenty-two people are in intensive care: North Central (1), Saskatoon (11), Central East (1) and Regina (9).
There were 2,263 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on March 6, including 67 in the South East.
To date, 594,116 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of March 6, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan's per capita rate was 499,027 tests performed per million population. The national rate was 659,550 tests performed per million population.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 152 (12.4 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.
Further statistics on the total number of cases among healthcare workers, breakdowns of total cases by source of infection, age, sex and region, total tests to date and the per capita testing rate can be found on the Government of Saskatchewan website.
An additional 1,428 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 91,884.
The 1,428 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported March 7 were administered in the following regions: North West (388), North Central (226), Saskatoon (522), and Regina (292).
A Pfizer vaccine shipment is expected March 9 in Saskatoon (3,510 doses) and Regina (3,510 doses) and on March 10 in North Battleford (4,680 doses), Yorkton (1,170 doses), and Prince Albert (1,170 doses).
