Three Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. One death was reported in the 50 to 59 age group, one death was reported in the 70 to 79 age group and one death was reported in the 80-plus age group. All three were from the Saskatoon zone.
That brings the total number of deaths in the province to 396.
There are 163 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Mar. 6, 2021.
The new cases are located in the Regina (58), Saskatoon (34), North Central (20), Far North East (14), Central East (12), North West (10), South East (4), Far North West (4), North East (3), Central West (1), and South West (1) zones.
Two cases are pending residence information.
Twelve previously reported cases with pending residence information were assigned to the Far North West (5), North Central (3), Regina (3), and North West (1) zones. Two cases were found to be out-of-province residents and were removed from the counts.
There are now 29,593 reported cases, including 1,613 active cases.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 155 (12.7 new cases per 100,000).
An additional 3,577 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 90,456.
The 3,577 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered in the following regions: North Central (967), Saskatoon (909), Regina (826), North West (821), Central East (44), and South East (10).
For more information on vaccines, visit https://www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-vaccine-update.
One hundred and forty-two people are in hospital. One hundred and twenty people are receiving inpatient care in the following zones: Saskatoon (57), Regina (35), North West (10), North Central (8), 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 (10), Regina (9). North Central (2), and Central East (1).
Fifty-two more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 27,584 recoveries.
There were 2,744 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on Mar. 5. To date, 591,853 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.
