There are 194 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Feb. 7, bringing the provincial total to date to 25,403 cases.
Three Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. One death was reported in the 50-59 age group from the Regina zone, one death was reported in the 60-69 age group from the Far North Central zone, and one death was reported in the 70-79 age group from the North West zone.
There have been 339 people with COVID-19 who have died in Saskatchewan since March 2020.
Eight new cases are located in the South East. Three are from South East Zone 4, which includes Estevan. Three are from Zone 3, which includes Weyburn, and two are from Zone 2, to the north of Zone 4.
Seventeen cases in Zone 4 are considered active, and there are 122 active cases in the South East.
The other new cases in Saskatchewan are located in the Far North West (10), Far North East (17), North West (27), North Central (18), North East (4), Saskatoon (45), Central West (4), Central East (7), Regina (49), and South Central (4) zones, and one case has pending residence information.
Another 241 people are listed as recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries to 22,701. Sixteen of the new recoveries are from the South East.
A total of 2,363 cases are considered active in Saskatchewan.
Two hundred and eleven (211) people are in hospital. One hundred and eighty (183) people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (2), North West (20), North Central (22), North East (2), Saskatoon (69), Central West (1), Central East (10), Regina (53) and South East (4). The number of people in hospital in the South East is unchanged from Feb. 6.
Twenty-eight (28) people are in intensive care: North West (2), North Central (2), Saskatoon (10), Central East (3), Regina (10) and South West (1).
There were 2,357 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on Feb. 6, including 167 in the South East.
To date, 526,579 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of Feb. 5, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 444,754 tests performed per million population. The national rate was 583,230 tests performed per million population.
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.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 220 (17.9 new cases per 100,000 population) and is now available on the Government of Saskatchewan website. This chart compares today’s average to data collected over the past several months. There were 774 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered yesterday in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 42,296. Due to weather issues, the number of vaccines administered yesterday was lower than targeted; reporting delays may also contribute to an underestimate of doses administered. With this, 95 per cent of the doses received have been administered to date.
The 774 doses were administered in the following zones: Far North East (39), North West (115), North Central (93), and Central West (527). Back-dated corrections submitted for January 18, January 26 and February 5 have realized an additional 268 doses of vaccine administered in the North West (238) and Far North Central (30) zones.
Pfizer orders have been updated for March 1 and March 8 to be 23,400 doses in total. These will be administered in Regina, Saskatoon, North Battleford, Prince Albert, Shellbrook, Big River, Lloydminster, Spritwood, Wilke, Broadview, Wawota and Yorkton. Locations are subject to change should allocation from Pfizer change.
