There are two new deaths to report today. One death was reported in the 80-plus age group from the South Central zone and one death was in the 50 to 59 age group from the South East zone.
That brings the total number of deaths in the province to 519.
There are 178 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on May 17, 2021.
The new cases are located in the following zones: Saskatoon (55), Regina (42), Central East (21), North West (16), South Central (10), South East (9), South West (8), Far North West (7), North Central (5), North East (1), and Central West (1).
Nine of the 10 new cases in the South Central are located in the South Central 2 sub-zone, which includes Moose Jaw and area.
Three new cases are pending residence information.
Four cases with pending residence information has been assigned to the North West (2), Far North West (1), and South Central (1).
There are now 44,709 reported cases, including 1,965 active cases.
The seven-day average of new COVID-19 case number is 195 (15.9 new cases per 100,000).
As of May 16, 9,343 variants of concern have been identified by screening in Saskatchewan, reported in the following zones: Regina (4,392), Saskatoon (1,301), South East (974), South Central (678), Central East (457), North West (404), South West (320), North Central (283), Far North West (209), Central West (101), North East (55), and Far North East (15). There are 154 screened VOCs with residence pending.
There are no new lineage results reported today. Of the 4,443 VOCs with lineages identified by whole genome sequencing in Saskatchewan, 4,341 are B.1.1.1.7 (UK), 87 are P.1 (Brazilian), 10 are B.1.351 (SA), and five are B.1.617 (Indian).
An additional 12,173 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 603,125.
The 12,173 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered to residents living in the following zones: Saskatoon (4,124), Regina (3,940), South East (841), Central East (627), South Central (574), North Central (493), North West (369), South West (308), Central West (196), North East (149), Far North East (77), and Far North West (47). There were 428 doses administered with zone of residence pending.
More information about vaccines is available on the government’s website.
There are 142 people in hospital. One hundred and fifteen people are receiving inpatient care in the following zones: Saskatoon (49), Regina (46), North West (5), Central East (4), South East (4), North Central (3), South West (2), and South Central (2). Twenty-seven people are in intensive care in the following zones: Regina (15), Saskatoon (9), North West (1), North Central (1), and Central East (1).
Two hundred and ninety-three more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 42,225 recoveries.
There were 2,568 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on May 16. To date, 825,133 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.
