An additional 10,159 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 392,294.
Of the 10,159 doses of the vaccine, 908 were administered in the South East region. The numbers for the rest of the province are Far North West (346), Far North East (253), North West (930), North Central (859), North East (552), Saskatoon (3,277), Central West (458), Central East (529), Regina (627), South West (871) and South Central (233). There were 316 doses administered with zone of residence pending.
Fifty-six per cent of Saskatchewan residents age 40+, thirty-seven per cent of Saskatchewan residents 18+ and thirty per cent of Saskatchewan's total population 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.
Eligibility in the provincial age-based immunization program is currently age 44 and older, except for the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District, where it remains age 40 and older. This applies to all immunization clinics: booked appointments, drive-thru/walk-in and mobile.
There are 286 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on April 24, bringing the provincial total to 39,683 cases.
There are two new deaths reported in the 70 to 79 age group from the Regina zone. A total of 473 people in Saskatchewan with COVID-19 have died.
Fifteen new cases are from the South East region. Two of those cases are from South East Zone 4, which includes Estevan.
Eight more people in South East Zone 4 have recovered.
There are now 88 active cases in Zone 4, down six from the 94 on April 23.
There are nine new cases in South East Zone 3, which includes Weyburn; one new case in Zone 2, which is north of Zone 4; and three new cases in Zone 1, which is northwest of Zone 4.
The other new cases in Saskatchewan are located in the Far North West (15), North West (28), North Central (25), North East (4), Saskatoon (55), Central West (1), Central East (16), Regina (90), South West (18) and South Central (10) regions.
Nine new cases have pending residence information.
Another 194 people have recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries to 36,652. Eighteen of the new recoveries are from the South East.
A total of 2,558 cases are considered active, with 257 of those cases in the South East.
There are 186 people in hospital. One hundred and thirty-five (135) people are receiving inpatient care: Far North East (1), North West (11), North Central (7), Saskatoon (46), Central East (5), Regina (52), South West (3), South Central (3) and South East (7). The number of people in hospital in the South East is the same as April 23.
Fifty-one (51) people are in intensive care: North Central (3), Saskatoon (11), Central East (2), Regina (34) and South West (1).
The seven-day average of new COVID-19 case number was 257 (21.0 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 4,321 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on April 23, including 286 in the South East.
To date, 749,756 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of April 22, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan's per capita rate was 628,277 tests performed per million population. The national rate was 804,081 tests performed per million population.
As of April 23, 5,880 variants of concern have been identified by screening in Saskatchewan, reported in the Far North West (69), Far North East (2), North West (140), North Central (85), North East (10), Saskatoon (600), Central West (77), Central East (248), Regina (3,382), South West (151), South Central (444) and South East (607) zones. There are 65 screened VOCs with residence pending.
