Two Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. One death was reported in the 40 to 49 age group from the Far North West zone and one death was reported in the 19 and under age group from the North West zone.
That brings the the total number of deaths in the province to 398.There are 116 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Mar. 7, 2021.
The new cases are located in the Regina (50), Saskatoon (19), North Central (8), Central East (8), Far North West (6), South East (6), North West (6), South Central (5), Far North East (3), Central West (2), South West (2), and Far North Central (1) zones.
All five new cases in the South Central are located in the South Central 2 sub-zone, which includes Moose Jaw and area.
One previously reported case with pending residence information was assigned to the Regina zone.
There are now 29,709 reported cases, including 1,518 active cases.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 152 (12.4 new cases per 100,000).
An additional 1,428 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 91,884.
The 1,428 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered in the following regions: Saskatoon (522), North West (388), Regina (292), and North Central (226).
For more information on vaccines, visit https://www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-vaccine-update.
One hundred and thirty-six people are in hospital. One hundred and fourteen people are receiving inpatient care in the following zones: Saskatoon (50), Regina (33), North West (11), North Central (10), Far North West (3), Central East (3), South East (2), Far North East (1), and North East (1), Twenty-two people are in intensive care in the following zones: Saskatoon (11), Regina (9), North Central (1), and Central East (1) .
Two hundred and nine more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 27,793 recoveries.
There were 2,263 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on Mar. 6. To date, 594,116 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.
