There are 178 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on March 21, bringing the provincial total to 31,637 cases.
One Saskatchewan resident who tested positive for COVID-19 has died. This death was reported in the 80+ age group from the Regina zone.
There are 10 new cases in the South East. Seven new cases are in South East Zone 4, which includes Estevan. The other new cases in the South East are in Zone 1, which is northwest of Zone 4.
There are now 17 active cases in Zone 4, which is the highest total since early February. Seventy-three cases are considered active in the South East region.
The other new cases are located in the Far North West (1), Far North East (1), North West (8), North Central (15), North East (7), Saskatoon (19), Central West (1), Central East (6), Regina (105) and South Central (3) zones. Two new cases are pending residence information.
Another 164 people have recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries to 29,772. Six of the recoveries are from the South East, including three from Zone 4.
A total of 1,447 cases are considered active.
One hundred thirty-nine (139) people are in hospital. One hundred and ten (110) people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (3), Far North East (1), North West (6), North Central (5), Saskatoon (41), Central East (6), Regina (40), South West (1), South Central (4) and South East (3). The number of people in hospital in the South East is up one from March 20.
Twenty-nine (29) people are in intensive care: Saskatoon (10), Central East (2), Regina (16) and South Central (1).
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 146 (11.9 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 2,709 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on March 20, including 124 in the South East.
To date, 630,461 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of March 19, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan's per capita rate was 528,774 tests performed per million population. The national rate was 697,063 tests performed per million population.
As of March 21, 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 625 presumptive VOC cases reported in the Far North East (1), Saskatoon (18), Central East (8), Regina (527), South Central (40) and South East (31) 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.
An additional 5,999 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 139,827.
The 5,999 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported on March 21 were administered in the following regions: Far North East (42), North West (48), North East (22), Saskatoon (1,591), Central East (506), Regina (3,118), South Central (550) and South East (122). Of the doses administered March 20, 1,879 were delivered at the Regina drive thru clinic.
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 currently eligible to book their COVID-19 vaccination online or by phone. Additional information on eligibility and how to book your appointment is available on the provincial government’s website.
Due to a damaged thermal shipper, Saskatchewan will receive 5,850 fewer doses of the Pfizer vaccine than originally expected this week. The remaining 30,420 doses in this shipment are still expected in the coming days. The Ministry of Health and the Saskatchewan Health Authority are reviewing distribution plans to minimize any impact.
