There are 110 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Mar. 15, 2021.
The new cases are located in the Regina (53), Saskatoon (11), North West (10), Central East (10), North East (8), South Central (6), North Central (5), Far North East (3), Central West (2), and South West (1) zones.
All six of the cases in the South Central are located in the South Central 2 sub-zone, which includes Moose Jaw and area.
One new case is pending residence information.
Three cases were found to be out-of-province residents and removed from the counts.
There are no deaths to report today. The provincial total remains at 407.
There are now 30,727 reported cases, including 1,299 active cases.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 132 (10.8 new cases per 100,000).
As of Mar. 15, there remain 70 confirmed variants of concern cases in Saskatchewan: 64 B1.1.1.7 (UK) and six B1.351 (SA). There are now 210 presumptive variant of concern cases in addition to the confirmed cases: they are located in the Regina (185), South Central (10), Central East (5), South East (5), Saskatoon (4), and Far North East (1) zones.
An additional 2,009 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 104,424.
The 2,009 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered in the following regions: Regina (841), Saskatoon (827), North West (200), and North Central (141).
For more information on vaccines, visit https://www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-vaccine-update.
One hundred thirty-seven people are in hospital. One hundred and seven people are receiving inpatient care in the following zones: Saskatoon (44), Regina (36), North West (8), North Central (7), Central East (7), Far North West (2), Far North East (1), South Central (1) and South East (1). Thirty people are in intensive care in the following zones: Saskatoon (14), Regina (12). Central East (3), and North West (1).
Two hundred and seven more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 29,021 recoveries.
There were 2,013 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on Mar. 14. To date, 612,606 COVID-19 tests have been processed.
For more information, visit www.saskatchewan.ca/COVID19. You can find the maps and the breakdown of cases by region on the government's website.
