An additional 8,682 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 307,449.
The 8,682 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported April 14 were administered to residents living in the following regions: Far North West (59), Far North East (36), North West (451), North Central (686), North East (105), Saskatoon (1,944), Central West (758), Central East (657), Regina (2,473), South West (366), South Central (517) and South East (369). There were 261 doses administered with zone of residence pending.
Fifty-five per cent of Saskatchewan residents age 50+ have received their first dose:
All vaccine administration details for the province, including first and second doses, can be found on the dashboard 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.
Saskatchewan is preparing to offer COVID-19 vaccinations in pharmacies. In late April, select pharmacies will participate in a small-scale rollout to refine distribution and vaccination processes before larger volumes of vaccine are distributed to more pharmacies province-wide.
Appointments for pharmacy vaccinations are not yet available. Once participating pharmacies are ready to provide vaccinations, there will be additional information provided by the Ministry of Health and pharmacies will communicate directly with the public.
There are 193 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on April 14, bringing the provincial total to 37,085 cases.
There is one new death reported in the 70-79 age group in the South East zone.
Seventeen new cases are in the South East region. Seven are in Estevan’s South East Zone 4. There are now 80 active cases in Zone 4, up four from the 76 reported on April 13.
This marks the first time there has been at least 80 active cases in Zone 4.
There are three new cases in South East Zone 3, which includes Weyburn, four new cases in Zone 2, which is north of Zone 4, and two new cases in Zone 1, which is northwest of Zone 4.
The new cases are located in the Far North West (5), North West (20), North Central (2), North East (2), Saskatoon (40), Central East (13), Regina (66), South West (8) and South Central (9) zones. Eleven (11) new cases have pending residence information. Six cases with pending residence information have been assigned to the North West (1), South Central (1) and South East (4) zones.
Another 222 people have recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries in the province to 34,102. Twenty-six recoveries are in the southeast.
A total of 2,525 cases are considered active, including 281 in the South East.
Two hundred and three people are in hospital. One hundred and sixty-two (162) people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (1), Far North East (1), North West (2), North Central (9), North East (1), Saskatoon (43), Central East (10), Regina (79), South West (3), South Central (2) and South East (11). The number of people in hospital in the South East is up four from April 13.
Forty-one people are in intensive care: North Central (1), Saskatoon (8), Central East (2), Regina (27), South West (1) and South Central (2).
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 271 (22.2 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 at https://dashboard.saskatchewan.ca/health-wellness/covid-19/seven-day-average-of-new-covid-cases.
There were 3,258 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on April 13, including 191 in the South East.
To date, 713,913 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of April 12, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan's per capita rate was 598,769 tests performed per million population. The national rate was 769,666 tests performed per million population.
As of April 14, 3,901 variants of concern have been identified by screening in Saskatchewan, reported in the Far North West (9), Far North East (2), North West (40), North Central (46), North East (3), Saskatoon (328), Central West (29), Central East (121), Regina (2,532), South West (48), South Central (333) and South East (378) zones. There are 32 cases with residence pending.
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, per capita testing rate and current numbers of confirmed variants of concern can be found at http://www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-cases.
