Three Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. One death was reported in the 40 to 49 age group, as well as one in the 80-plus age group, both in the Far North West zone. One death was reported in the 50 to 59 age group from the North West zone.
That brings the total number of deaths in the province to 357.
There are 136 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Feb. 16, 2021.
Limited data was reported yesterday because of the Family Day holiday. The below information provides a detailed breakdown of the 136 new cases reported on Feb. 16 and the 143 cases reported on Feb. 15.
The new cases reported on Feb.15th and 16th are located in the Saskatoon (69), Regina (62), North West (44), Far North West (22), North Central (22), North East (17), Far North East (10), Central West (9), Central East (9), Far North Central (5), South Central (4) and South East (2) zones.
These totals are for both days.
Four new cases have pending residence information.
Six previously reported cases with pending residence information were assigned to the North West (5) and Far North West (1) zones.
There are now 26,829 reported cases, including 1,611 active cases.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 167 (13.6 new cases per 100,000).
There were 22 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered yesterday in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 49,841. With this, 107 per cent of the doses received have been administered to date. This overage is due to efficiencies in drawing extra doses from vials of vaccine received.
Due to the Family Day holiday, reporting has been delayed for Feb. 15 vaccine administration. The 22 doses reported to date were administered in the North East zone. The South East zone has reported an additional 10 doses administered on Feb. 12.
For more information on vaccines, visit https://www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-vaccine-update.
One hundred and eighty-four people are in hospital. One hundred and sixty-four people are receiving inpatient care in the following zones: Saskatoon (60), Regina (41), North Central (20), North West (17), Central East (11), Far North West (4), South East (4), Far North East (2), Far North Central (1), North East (1), Central West (1), South West (1), South Central (1). Twenty people are in intensive care in the following zones: Saskatoon (10), Regina (8), North Central (1), Central East (1).
On Feb. 15, there were 265 recoveries, while a further 264 recoveries are being reported today. That brings the provincial total to 24,861 recoveries.
There were 3,691 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan over the past two days, including 2,254 on Feb. 14 and 1,437 on Feb. 15. To date, 547,277 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan.
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.
