Three Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. One death was reported in the 50 to 59 age group from the Regina zone; one death was reported in the 60 to 69 age group from the Far North Central zone; and one death was reported in the 70 to 79 age group from the North West zone.
That brings the total number of deaths in the province to 339.
There are 194 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Feb. 7, 2021.
The new cases are located in the Regina (49), Saskatoon (45), North West (27), North Central (18), Far North East (17), Far North West (10), South East (8), Central East (7), Central West (4), North East (4), and South Central (4) zones.
All four of the cases in the South Central are located in the South Central 2 sub-zone, which includes Moose Jaw and area.
One case has pending residence information.
Fifteen previously reported cases with pending resident information were assigned to the North Central (10), North West (3), Far North Central (1), and Far North West (1) zones.
There are now to 25,403 reported cases, including 2,363 active cases.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 220 (17.9 new cases per 100,000 population).
There were 774 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered yesterday in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 42,296. This number was lower than targeted due to the weather. Reporting delays may also contribute to an underestimate of doses administered.
The 774 doses were administered in the following zones: Central West (527), North West (115), North Central (93), and Far North East (39). Back-dated corrections submitted for Jan. 18, Jan. 26 and Feb. 5 have realized an additional 268 doses of vaccine administered in the North West (238) and Far North Central (30) zones.
Pfizer orders have been updated for Mar. 1 and Mar. 8 to be 23,400 doses in total. These will be administered in Regina, Saskatoon, North Battleford, Prince Albert, Shellbrook, Big River, Lloydminster, Spritwood, Wilke, Broadview, Wawota and Yorkton. Locations are subject to change should allocation from Pfizer change.
For more information, visit https://www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-vaccine-update.
Two hundred and eleven people are in hospital. One hundred and eighty people are receiving inpatient care in the following zones: Saskatoon (69), Regina (53), North Central (22), North West (20), Central East (10), South East (4), Far North West (2), North East (2), and Central West (1). Twenty-eight people are in intensive care in the following zones: Saskatoon (10), Regina (10), Central East (3), North West (2), North Central (2), and South West (1).
Two hundred and forty-one more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 22,701 iecoveries.
There were 2,357 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on Feb. 6. To date, 526,579 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.
