There are 98 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on March 14, bringing the provincial total to 30,620 cases.
Two Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. One death was in the 20-29 age group in the Regina zone and the other was in the 80+ age group in the Far North West zone.
A total of 407 people with COVID-19 in Saskatchewan have died during the past year.
Six of the new cases are located in the South East region. One of those new cases is located in South East Zone 4, which includes Estevan. There are now eight active cases in Zone 4.
The other five new cases are in Zone 1, which is northwest of Zone 4.
There are 39 active cases in the South East region.
The other new cases in Saskatchewan are located in the Far North East (6), North West (3), North Central (1), North East (2), Saskatoon (25), Central West (2), Central East (15), Regina (27), South West (6) and South Central (4) zones. One (1) new case is pending residence information.
Another 166 people are listed as recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries to 28,814. Two of the recoveries are located in the South East.
A total of 1,399 cases are considered active.
One hundred and thirty-one (131) people are in hospital. One hundred and two (102) people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (2), Far North East (1), North West (9), North Central (7), Saskatoon (44), Central East (5), Regina (32), South Central (1) and South East (1). There were two people in hospital in the South East on March 13.
Twenty-nine (29) people are in intensive care: North West (1), North Central (1), Saskatoon (13), Central East (2) and Regina (12).
There were 1,752 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on March 13, including 58 in the South East.
To date, 610,593 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of March 12, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan's per capita rate was 513,342 tests performed per million population. The national rate was 678,534 tests performed per million population.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 130 (10.6 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.
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 variants of concern can also be found on the Government of Saskatchewan website.
An additional 2,220 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 102,415.
The 2,220 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported March 14 were administered in the following regions: North West (410), North Central (320), Central East (6), Saskatoon (924) and Regina (560).
For a listing of first and second doses in Saskatchewan administered by geographic zone, visit https://www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-vaccine-update.
Starting at 8 a.m. March 15, the Saskatchewan Health Authority Patient Booking System will include individuals 70 years of age and older in all parts of the province and residents 50 years of age and older in the Northern Administrative District.
Residents 50-69 years of age in the Northern Administrative District can only book their appointments by phone at this time. Call 1-833-SASKVAX (1-833-727-5829) between 8 a.m. and 11 p.m. Northern residents 70+ can utilize either the online to telephone booking system.
