One Saskatchewan resident who tested positive for COVID-19 has died. The death was reported in the 80-plus age group from the Central East zone.
That brings the total number of deaths in the province to 434.
There are 164 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Mar. 30, 2021.
The new cases are located in the Regina (91), Saskatoon (24), South Central (20), Central East (11), South East (6), North West (2), North East (2), Central West (2), Far North West (1), Far North East (1), and North Central (1) zones.
All 20 of the new cases in the South Central are located in the South Central 2 sub-zone, which includes Moose Jaw and area.
There are three cases with pending residence information.
One previously reported case with pending residence information has been assigned to the North West zone.
Two cases where Saskatchewan residents were tested out-of-province have been added to the Far North East zone.
There are now 33,399 reported cases, including 1,942 active cases.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 201 (16.4 new cases per 100,000).
As of Mar. 29, 1,575 variants of concern have been identified by screening in Saskatchewan. The VOCs have been reported in the Regina (1,298), South Central (118), South East (107), Central East (25), Saskatoon (18), North Central (4), Central West (3), Far North East (1), and South West (1), zones.
There are no new lineage results reported today. Of the 495 VOCs with lineages identified by whole genome sequencing in Saskatchewan, 487 are B1.1.1.7 (UK) and eight are B1.351 (SA).
An additional 4,636 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 184,436.
The 4,636 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered in the following regions: Saskatoon (2,106), Regina (1,077), South Central (643), Central East (505), South East (206), Far North East (75), and North West (24).
For more information on vaccines, visit https://www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-vaccine-update.
One hundred sixty people are in hospital. One hundred and thirty-eight people are receiving inpatient care in the following zones: Regina (66), Saskatoon (36), Central East (10), South East (9), North Central (8), North West (5), South Central (2), Far North East (1), and South West (1). Twenty-two people are in intensive care in the following zones: Regina (14), Saskatoon (6), North Central (1), and Central East (1).
Two hundred and one more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 31,023 recoveries.
There were 3,301 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan yesterday. To date, 662,471 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.
