There are 177 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on May 9, bringing the provincial total to 43,141 cases.
No new deaths were no new deaths reported May 9.
There were 18 new cases reported in the South East, including 15 in South East Zone 4, which includes Estevan. There are now 133 active cases in Zone 4, up three from May 8, and the highest number of active cases for Zone 4 in the past 14 months.
There are also two new cases in South East Zone 2, which is north of Zone 4, and one in Zone 1, which is northwest of Zone 4.
The other new cases are located in the following zones: Far North West, 8; North West, 18; North Central, 9; Saskatoon, 40; Central West, 1; Central East, 14; Regina, 42; South West, 11; and South Central, 15. One new case is pending residence information.
Another 210 people have recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries to 40,379. Twenty-four of the recoveries are in the South East, and 12 are in South East Zone 4.
A total of 2,260 cases are considered active, including 221 in the South East.
There are 157 people in hospital. One hundred and sixteen people are receiving inpatient care: North West, 8; North Central, 3; North East, 2; Saskatoon, 52; Central East, 2; Regina, 41; South West, 1; South Central, 3; and South East, 4. The number of people in hospital in the South East is down one from May 8.
Forty-one people are in intensive care: North Central, 3; Saskatoon, 15; Central East, 2; Regina, 19; South West, 1; and South Central, 1.
The seven-day average of new COVID-19 case number is 213 (17.4 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 3,055 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on May 8, including 191 in the South East.
To date, 800,129 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of May 7, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan's per capita rate was 672,088 tests performed per million population. The national rate was 856,454.
As of May 8, 8,258 variants of concern have been identified by screening in Saskatchewan, reported in the following zones: Far North West, 183; Far North East, 6; North West, 307; North Central, 230; North East, 48; Saskatoon, 1,001; Central West, 91; Central East, 366; Regina, 4,185; South West, 263; South Central, 601; and South East, 848. There are 129 screened VOCs with residence pending.
There are 230 new lineage results reported today. Of the 3,344 VOCs with lineages identified by whole genome sequencing in Saskatchewan, 3,288 are B.1.1.1.7 (UK), 47 are P.1 (Brazilian) and nine are B.1.351 (South African).
An additional 13,651 doses of COVID-19 vaccine, a daily record, have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 518,133.
The 13,651 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported May 9 were administered to residents living in the following zones: Far North West, 123; Far North Central, 6; Far North East, 90; North West, 679; North Central, 848; North East, 486; Saskatoon, 4,664; Central West, 425; Central East, 1,170; Regina, 2,311; South West, 493; South Central, 973; and South East, 988. There were 395 doses administered with zone of residence pending.
Seventy-one per cent of those over the age of 40 have received their first dose, which meets an important vaccination threshold criteria for Step One of the Saskatchewan Re-Opening Roadmap to be activated in three weeks. A separate news release containing additional information on the Step One target date has been issued and can be accessed at saskatchewan.ca/news. Fifty-nine per cent of those 30+ have received their first dose. Fifty per cent of those 18+ have received their first dose.
