An additional 8,766 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 133,828. To date, this is the highest one-day total for vaccine delivery in the province.
There were 1,597 doses administered in the South East, which was the second-most in the province.
The 8,766 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported March 20 were also administered in the following regions: Far North West (148), Far North Central (10), Far North East (281), North West (12), North Central (24), North East (53), Saskatoon (1111), Central West (775), Central East (1008), Regina (2,860), South West (220) and South Central (667) regions.
Of the doses administered March 19, 2,019 were delivered at the Regina drive thru clinic location alone.
For a listing of first and second doses in Saskatchewan administered by geographic zone, visit https://www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-vaccine-update.
Residents 67 years and older are encouraged to book their COVID-19 vaccination online or by phone. There are currently over 500 vaccination appointment slots available between March 20 and 24. As of March 19, 89,338 appointments have been booked using the new appointment systems: 65,791 online and 23,547 by telephone.
The drive-thru immunization clinic in Regina has expanded to include all residents over the age of 60.
There are 200 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on March 20, bringing the provincial total to 31,459 cases.
Three Saskatchewan resident who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. Two deaths were reported in the Far North East zone: one (1) in the 60-69 age group and one (1) in the 80+ age group. One death was reported in the 30-39 age group from the North Central zone.
Eighteen new cases are from the South East zone. One of those cases is from South East Zone 4, which includes Estevan. There are 12 new cases in South East Zone 1, which is northwest of Zone 4; four new cases in South East Zone 2, which is north of Zone 4, and one new case in Zone 3, which is west of Zone 4 and includes Weyburn.
There are 13 active cases in Zone 4, and 69 in the South East region. Forty of the active South East cases are in Zone 1.
The other new cases in Saskatchewan are located in the Far North West (6), Far North East (2), North West (9), North Central (14), North East (5), Saskatoon (29), Central West (2), Central East (12), Regina (91) and South Central (12) zones.
Six cases with pending residence information were assigned to the North Central (1) and Regina (5) zones.
Another 108 people have recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries to 29,608.
A total of 1,434 cases are considered active in Saskatchewan.
One hundred thirty-five people are in hospital. One hundred and eight people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (3), Far North East (1), North West (6), North Central (6), Saskatoon (42), Central East (6), Regina (37), South West (1), South Central (4) and South East (2).
Twenty-seven people are in intensive care: Saskatoon (9), Central East (3), Regina (14) and South Central (1).
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 134 (11.0 new cases per 100,000). A chart comparing today's average to data collected over the past several months is available on the Government of Saskatchewan website.
There were 3,581 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on March 19, including 299 in the South East.
To date, 627,752 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of March 18, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan's per capita rate was 525,690 tests performed per million population. The national rate was 693,901 tests performed per million population.
As of March 20, there are no new confirmed variants of concern (VOC) cases to report. There are 156 confirmed variants of concern cases in Saskatchewan: 149 B1.1.1.7 (UK) and seven B1.351 (SA). The Regina zone accounts for 141 (or 90 per cent) of the confirmed VOC cases reported in Saskatchewan.
In addition to the confirmed cases, there are currently 590 presumptive VOC cases reported in the Far North East (1), Saskatoon (13), Central East (6), Regina (504), South Central (38) and South East (28) zones.
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 confirmed variants of concern can be found on the Government of Saskatchewan website.
