There are 165 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on March 11, bringing the provincial total to 30,193 cases.
No additional Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died.
There are six new cases in the South East region, including three in South East Zone 4, which includes Estevan. The other three cases are in Zone 1, which is northwest of Zone 4.
There are now six active cases in Zone 4, and 31 in the South East region.
The other new cases are located in the Far North West (3), Far North Central (1), Far North East (24), North West (19), North Central (12), North East (7), Saskatoon (24), Central West (1), Central East (9), Regina (51), South West (4) and South Central (4) zones.
Another 153 people have recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries to 28,397. Two of the new recoveries are in the South East.
A total of 1,395 cases are considered active.
One hundred and thirty-seven (137) people are in hospital. One hundred and ten (110) people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (2), Far North East (1), North West (12), North Central (9), Saskatoon (43), Central East (5), Regina (36) and South East (2). The number of people in hospital in the South East is the same as March 10.
Twenty-seven (27) people are in intensive care: North West (1), North Central (1), Saskatoon (11), Central East (2) and Regina (12).
There were 2,850 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on March 10, including 106 in the South East.
To date, 602,992 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of March 9, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan's per capita rate was 506,352 tests performed per million population. The national rate was 669,084 tests performed per million population.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 139 (11.3 new cases per 100,000), the lowest seven-day average since Nov. 13. 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, the per capita testing rate and current numbers of variants of concern can be found on the Government of Saskatchewan website.
An additional 1,493 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 95,879.
The 1,493 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered in the following regions: North West (6), North Central (347), Saskatoon (432), Central East (33), Regina (665) and South East (10).
As of March 11, fifty-six (56) per cent of long-term care homes across Saskatchewan have now received their first and second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine and are now fully vaccinated. Forty-five (45) per cent of personal care homes (PCHs) have now received both their first and second doses.
