There are 269 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on May 8, bringing the provincial total to 42,964 cases.
No new deaths are reported today.
Thirty-one new cases are in the South East region, with 25 new cases in South East Zone 4, which is a new single-day high. There are now 130 active cases in Zone 4, also a new high for Zone 4.
There are three new cases in South East Zone 3, which includes Weyburn; two cases in Zone 1, which is northwest of Zone 4; and one case in Zone 2, which is north of Zone 4.
The other new cases are located in the following zones: Far North West, 11; North West, 25; North Central, 23; North East, 3; Saskatoon, 73; Central West, 1; Central East, 22; Regina, 51; South West, 10; and South Central, 14.
Five new cases are pending residence information.
Another 215 people have recovered, bringing the provincial total of recoveries to 40,169. Thirty-one people in the South East have recovered, including seven in South East Zone 4.
A total of 2,293 cases are considered active, including 227 in the South East.
There are 168 people in hospital. One hundred and twenty-six people are receiving inpatient care: North West, 9; North Central, 3; North East, 4; Saskatoon, 57; Central East, 2; Regina, 42; South West, 1; South Central, 3; and South East, 5. The number of people in hospital in the South East is the same as May 7.
Forty-two people are in intensive care: North Central, 3; Saskatoon, 15; Central East, 2; Regina, 20; South West, 1; and South Central, 1.
The seven-day average of new COVID-19 case number is 222 (18.1 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 3,803 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on May 7, including 345 in the South East.
To date, 797,074 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of May 6, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan's per capita rate was 668,861 tests performed per million population. The national rate was 852,749.
As of May 7, 8,103 variants of concern have been identified by screening in Saskatchewan, reported in the following zones: Far North West, 179; Far North East, 6; North West, 285; North Central, 205; North East, 44; Saskatoon, 980; Central West, 91; Central East, 360; Regina, 4,155; South West, 256; South Central, 591; and South East, 830. There are 121 screened VOCs with residence pending.
There are 83 new lineage results reported today. Of the 3,114 VOCs with lineages identified by whole genome sequencing in Saskatchewan, 3,064 are B.1.1.1.7 (UK), 41 are P.1 (Brazilian) and nine are B.1.351 (South African).
An additional 13,042 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 504,482.
The 13,042 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered to residents living in the following zones: Far North West, 244; Far North Central, 7; Far North East, 181; North West, 514; North Central, 776; North East, 286; Saskatoon, 2,782; Central West, 138; Central East, 1,189; Regina, 4,245; South West, 506; South Central, 515; and South East, 1,242. There were 417 doses administered with zone of residence pending.
Almost 70 per cent (69.6 per cent) of those over the age of 40 have received their first dose. Fifty-eight per cent of those 30+ have received their first dose. Forty-nine per cent of those 18+ have received their first dose.
All vaccine administration details for the province, including first and second doses, can be found at https://dashboard.saskatchewan.ca/health-wellness. As the source database for vaccine information, Panorama is subject to continuous data updates which may result in revised counts, day over day.
