There are 161 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Feb. 14, bringing the provincial total to 26,550 cases.
Seven new cases are in the South East region, but none are in South East Zone 4, which includes Estevan. There is one new case in Zone 3, which is west of Zone 4, one new case in Zone 2, which is north of Zone 4, and five new cases in Zone 1, which is northwest of Estevan’s zone.
The new cases are located in the Far North West (7), Far North East (10), North West (16), North Central (10), North East (6), Saskatoon (52), Central West (7), Central East (6), Regina (31) and South Central (5) zones. Four cases are pending resident information.
Another 247 people have recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries to 24,332. Ten of the recoveries are in the South East region, with one in South East Zone 4.
There are 1,864 cases that are considered active, including 83 in the South East region and nine in South East Zone 4.
There are 183 people in hospital. One hundred and sixty-four people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (2), Far North East (2), North West (19), North Central (23), North East (3), Saskatoon (56), Central West (1), Central East (10), Regina (41), South West (1), South Central (1) and South East (5). The number of people in hospital in the South East is down two from Feb. 13.
Nineteen people are in intensive care: North West (1), North Central (1), Saskatoon (8), Central East (1) and Regina (8).
There were 2,342 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on Feb. 13, including 149 from the South East.
To date, 543,586 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of Feb. 12, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan's per capita rate was 455,740 tests performed per million population. The national rate was 603,137 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 163 (13.3 new cases per 100,000 population) and is now available on the Government of Saskatchewan website.
There were 1,079 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered on Feb. 13 in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 49,645.
With this, 107 per cent of the doses received have been administered to date. This overage is due to efficiencies in drawing extra doses from vials of vaccine received.
The 1,079 doses were administered in the following zones: Far North West (88), Far North Central (40), Central East (22) and North Central (929).
For a listing of first and second doses in Saskatchewan administered by geographic zone, visit https://www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-vaccine-update.
