There are 146 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on May 20, 2021.
The new cases are located in the following zones: Saskatoon (52); Regina (26); Central East (18); South East (12); North Central (11); North West, (10); South Central (8); Far North West (2); Far North East (2); South West (2); and North East (1).
All eight of the new cases in the South Central are located in the South Central 2 sub-zone, which includes Moose Jaw and area.
Two cases are pending residence information.
One case with pending residence information has been assigned to the North West.
There are now 45,128 reported cases, including 1,785 active cases.
The seven-day average of new COVID-19 case number is 169 (13.8 new cases per 100,000).
There are no new deaths to report today. The provincial total remains at 522.
As of May 19, 9,687 variants of concern have been identified by screening in Saskatchewan, reported in the following zones: Regina (4,472); Saskatoon (1,409); South East (989); South Central (700); North West (507); Central East (490); North Central (335); South West (329); Far North West (220); Central West (101); North East (57); and Far North East (19). There are 59 screened VOCs with residence pending.
There are 262 new lineage results reported today. Of the 4,848 VOCs with lineages identified by whole genome sequencing in Saskatchewan, 4,735 are B.1.1.1.7 (UK), 96 are P.1 (Brazilian), 10 are B.1.351 (SA), and seven are B.1.617 (Indian).
An additional 4,777 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 620,236.
The 4,777 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered to residents living in the following zones: Saskatoon (966); Regina (877); North West (487); Central West (450); South East (408); Central East (365); North Central (351); North East (310); South Central (178); Far North West (124); South West (120); Far North East (22); and Far North Central (1). There were 118 doses administered with zone of residence pending.
Seventy-five per cent of those over the age of 40 have received their first dose. Sixty-eight per cent of those 30+ have received their first dose. Sixty per cent of those 18+ have received their first dose.
More information about vaccines is available on the government’s website.
There are 138 people in hospital. One hundred and six people are receiving inpatient care in the following zones: Saskatoon (44), Regina (42), North West (7), North Central (7), Central East (5), South West (1), South Central (1), and South East (3). Twenty-six people are in intensive care in the following zones: Regina (15), Saskatoon (9), and North Central (2).
One hundred and forty-seven more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 42,821.
There were 3,069 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on May 19. To date, 833,697 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.
