There are 113 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on July 8, 2021.
The new cases are located in the following zones: Far North East (58), Saskatoon (16), Regina (12), Far North Central (3), Far North West (2), North West (2), North Central (2), Central East (2), and Central West (1).
Fifteen cases are pending residence information.
Five cases were re-assigned to the following zones: North West (3), Far North West (1), and North Central (1).
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) attributes the rise in COVID-19 cases to an outbreak in the Hatchet Lake area. Some First Nations, including Hatchet Lake, use a rapid testing machine provided by the federal government to support rapid case contact identification. Positive cases need to then be manually entered into the provincial system. However, data entry into the provincial system has been delayed while staff work on the immediate outbreak response. The SHA says additional staffing supports have been brought in and staff will be working on entering the COVID tests into the provincial system.
There are now 49,152 reported cases, including 415 active cases.
The seven-day average of new COVID-19 case number is 42 (3.5 per 100,000).
There are no additional deaths to report today. The provincial total remains at 570.
As of July 7, 12,238 Variants of Concern have been identified by screening in Saskatchewan, reported in the following zones: Regina (4,812), Saskatoon (2,127), South East (1,148), South Central (889), North West (839), Central East (651), North Central (634), South West (409), Far North West (328), Central West (149), Far North East (87), North East (80), and Far North Central (4). There are 81 screened VOCs with residence pending.
There were 72 lineage results reported for Variants of Concern today. Of the 7,587 VOCs with lineages identified by whole genome sequencing in Saskatchewan, 6,879 are Alpha (B.1.1.7), 389 are Gamma (P.1), 309 are Delta (B.1.617.2) and 10 are Beta (B.1.351).
An additional 13,314 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 1,260,567.
The additional 13,314 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered to residents living in the following zones: Saskatoon (3,575), Regina (3,341), North Central (1,122), North West (1,006), South East (914), Central East (815), North East (590), South Central (492), Central West (477), South West (265), Far North East (139), Far North West (135), and Far North Central (19). There were 424 doses administered with zone of residence pending.
More information about vaccines is available on the government’s website.
There are 62 people in hospital. Fifty-one people are receiving inpatient care in the following zones: Saskatoon (21), Regina (11), North Central (7), North West (4), Central East (3), and South East (2), Central West (1), South West (1), and South Central (1). Eleven people are in intensive care in the following zones: Saskatoon (4), North Central (3), Regina (3), and North West (1).
Seventeen more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 48,167 recoveries.
There were 2,240 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on July 7. To date, 929,868 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.
