There are two new deaths to report today in the 80-plus age group, both from the North West zone.
That brings the total number of deaths in the province to 543.
There are 131 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on June 3, 2021.
The new cases are located in the following zones: Saskatoon (34), Regina (21), North West (14), South Central (12), Far North East (11), South East (11), North Central (7), North East (7), Far North West (5), Central East (3), and Central West (2).
Ten of the 12 new cases in the South Central are located in the South Central 2 sub-zone, which includes Moose Jaw and area.
Four new cases are pending residence information.
Two cases with pending residence information have been assigned to the North Central (1) and South West (1) zones.
Two cases tested out of province have been added to the Saskatoon (1) and South East (1) zones.
One case in Saskatoon was reassigned to the North Central zone, one case from Central West was reassigned to Saskatoon, and 20 cases from South East were reassigned to South Central, including 19 resolved and one death.
There are now 47,097 reported cases, including 1,314 active cases.
The seven-day average of new COVID-19 case number is 133 (10.9 per 100,000).
An additional 14,579 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 754,830. Over 100,000 Saskatchewan residents have now been fully vaccinated.
The 14,579 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered to residents living in the following zones: Saskatoon (4,909), Regina (3,175), North Central (1,067), South East (1,024), Central East (1,003), North West (686), South West (558), Central West (519), South Central (497), North East (490), Far North East (228), Far North West (156), and Far North Central (14). There were 253 doses administered with zone of residence pending.
More information about vaccines is available on the government’s website.
As of June 2, 10,986 variants of concern have been identified by screening in Saskatchewan, reported in the following zones: Regina (4,678), Saskatoon (1,788), South East (1,079), South Central (785), North West (631), Central East (607), North Central (497), South West (384), Far North West (250), Central West (110), North East (62), Far North East (48), and Far North Central (1). There are 66 screened VOCs with residence pending.
There were no new lineage results reported today. Of the 5,794 VOCs with lineages identified by whole genome sequencing in Saskatchewan, 5,594 are B.1.1.1.7 (UK), 159 are P.1 (Brazilian), 31 are B.1.617 (Indian) and 10 are B.1.351 (SA).
There are 100 people in hospital. Seventy-seven people are receiving inpatient care in the following zones: Saskatoon (33), Regina (21), North West (9), North Central (5), Central East (3), South Central (2), South East (2), North East (1), and South West (1). Twenty-three people are in intensive care, including two out-of-province transfers from Manitoba: Saskatoon (10), Regina (7), North Central (2), Central East, (2), and South West (2).
One hundred and two more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 45,240 recoveries.
There were 2,287 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on June 2. To date, 868,090 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.
