Three Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. One death was reported in the 50 to 59 age group from the North West zone, one death was reported in 80-plus age group from the Regina zone, and one death was reported in the 70 to 79 age group from the South Central zone.
That brings the total number of deaths in the province to 365.
There are 146 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Feb. 19, 2021.
The new cases are located in the Saskatoon (32), Regina (30), North Central (26), North West (16), Far North West (13), Central East (11), Far North East (9), South East (4), North East (2), Far North Central (1), South West (1), and South Central (1) zones.
Two previously reported cases with pending residence information were assigned to the Regina zone.
There are now 27,245 reported cases, including 1,582 active cases.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 157 (12.8 new cases per 100,000)
There were 2,403 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered yesterday in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 53,030.
The 2,403 doses were administered in the Central East (1,014), Regina (832), Saskatoon (456), Far North East (40), Far North West (33), North West (17), and Far North Central (11). The Central West zone has reported an additional 33 doses administered on Feb. 8. The Far North West zone has reported an additional 10 doses administered on Feb. 16 and an additional 31 doses on Feb. 17. The Far North Central zone has reported an additional 10 doses administered on Feb. 17. The South Central zone has reported an additional 78 doses administered on Feb. 17.
For more information vaccines, visit https://www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-vaccine-update.
One hundred and seventy-two people are in hospital. One hundred and fifty-three people are receiving inpatient care in the following zones: Saskatoon (56), Regina (43), North West (16), North Central (13), Central East (9), Far North West (4), South East (4), Far North East (2), North East (2), Central West (2), Far North Central (1), and South Central (1). Nineteen people are in intensive care in the following zones: Saskatoon (11), Regina (4), North Central (2), North West (1), and Central East (1).
Two hundred and twenty-seven more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 25,298 recoveries.
There were 2,724 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on February 18, 2021. To date, 554,007 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.
