There are 264 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Feb. 6, bringing the provincial total to date to 25,209 cases.
Four Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. One death, in the 80-plus age group, was from the South East region. Thirty-one people from the South East have died from COVID-19 since mid-March.
There was also a death in the 80+ age group in the Regina region, one in the 50-59 age group from the Far North West and another in the 50-59 from the North West zone.
There are 11 new cases from the South East, including two from South East Zone 4, which includes Estevan. Seven new cases are from Zone 3, which includes Weyburn, and two are in Zone 2, to the north of Zone 4.
There are 15 active cases in Zone 4, and 130 in the South East.
The other new cases in Saskatchewan are located in the Far North West (12), Far North Central (4), Far North East (9), North West (31), North Central (13), North East (9), Saskatoon (58), Central West (7), Central East (27), Regina (61) and South Central (6) regions, and sixteen (16) cases with pending residence information.
One case with pending resident information was assigned to the South East.
Another 145 people are listed as recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries to 22,460. Fourteen of the new recoveries are from the South East.
A total of 2,413 cases are considered active.
Two hundred and seven (207) people are in hospital. One hundred and eighty (180) people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (2), North West (21), North Central (22), North East (3), Saskatoon (67), Central West (1), Central East (10), Regina (50) and South East (4). The number of hospitalized cases in the South East is down one from Feb. 5.
Twenty-seven (27) people are in intensive care: North West (1), North Central (1), Saskatoon (11), Central East (3), Regina (10) and South West (1).
There were 3,149 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on Feb. 5, including 173 in the South East.
To date, 524,222 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of February 4, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 442,082 tests performed per million population. The national rate was 580,079 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. Please visit www.saskatchewan.ca/government/health-care-administration-and-provider-resources/treatment-procedures-and-guidelines/emerging-public-health-issues/2019-novel-coronavirus/cases-and-risk-of-covid-19-in-saskatchewan.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 226 (18.4 new cases per 100,000 population) and is now available on the Government of Saskatchewan website.
There were 2,412 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered Feb. 4 in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 41,254.
With 11,850 doses having arrived in the province this week and the overages due to efficiencies in drawing extra doses from vials of vaccine received, 101 per cent of the doses received have been administered to date.
The 2,412 doses were administered in the following zones: Far North Central (54), Far North East (11), North West (545), North Central (920), Saskatoon (595), Central East (145) and South East (142). Back-dated corrections submitted for Feb. 4 have realized an additional 132 doses of vaccine administered in the Central East (83) and South East (49) zones.
