There were 1,662 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered on Feb. 27 in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 78,226.
The South East region accounted for the largest share of vaccine doses.
The 1,662 doses were administered in the Far North East (218), Far North Central (22), Regina (24), North Central (214), North West (314), Central West (102), Central East (112) and South East (656) zones. Data has been updated to include an additional 936 doses administered in the South East zone, 49 in Central West zone and 78 in Central East zone on Feb. 26.
For a listing of first and second doses in Saskatchewan administered by geographic zone, visit https://www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-vaccine-update.
There are 141 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on February 28, bringing the provincial total to 28,647 cases.
There was just one new case in the South East. That case was located in South East Zone 1, which is in the northwest corner of the zone.
The other new cases in the province are located in the Far North West (16), Far North Central (1), Far North East (14), North West (17), North Central (13), North East (3), Saskatoon (38), Central West (2), Central East (8), Regina (19) and South Central (8) zones.
One case has pending residence information.
Another 146 people are listed as recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries to 26,719. One of those recoveries is from the South East.
A total of 1,543 cases are considered active. Two cases in South East Zone 4, which includes Estevan, are regarded as active – the same number as recent days.
There are 25 active cases in the South East, with most of them in Zone 1. There are no active cases in Zone 3, to the west of Zone 4. Zone 3 includes Midale, Macoun, Oungre, Tribune and Weyburn. North East Zone 3, which includes Tisdale, also has zero cases.
One hundred and fifty-four (154) people are in hospital. One hundred and thirty-five (135) people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (4), Far North East (2), North West (12), North Central (14), North East (1), Saskatoon (50), Central West (1), Central East (7), Regina (37), South Central (3) and South East (4).
The number of people in hospital in the South East region is the same as Feb. 26.
Nineteen people are in intensive care: North West (1), Saskatoon (11) and Regina (7).
There were 2,285 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on Feb. 27, including 86 in the South East.
To date, 576,325 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of February 26, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan's per capita rate was 483,997 tests performed per million population. The national rate was 640,134 tests performed per million population.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 146 (11.9 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 also be found on the Government of Saskatchewan website.
