There are 199 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on April 1, 2021.
The new cases are located in the Regina (115), South East (28), Saskatoon (14), South Central (13), North East (10), North Central (9), Central East (5), Far North East (3), Central West (1), and South West (1) zones.
Twelve of the 13 new cases in the South Central are located in the South Central 2 sub-zone, which includes Moose Jaw and area.
Five previously reported cases with pending residence information have been assigned to the Regina (4) and North Central (1) zones.
There are no new deaths to report today. The provincial total remains at 436.
There are now 33,789 reported cases, including 1,949 active cases.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 206 (16.8 new cases per 100,000).
As of March 31, 1,682 variants of concern have been identified by screening in Saskatchewan, reported in the Regina (1,348), South Central (129) and South East (109), Saskatoon (53), Central East (27), North Central (9), Central West (5), Far North East (1), and South West (1), zones.
There are 395 new lineage results being reported today. Of the 890 VOCs with lineages identified by whole genome sequencing in Saskatchewan, 882 are B1.1.1.7 (UK) and eight are B1.351 (SA). Five VOC WGS results (South Central-2, Regina-2, Saskatoon-1) previously reported were found to be duplicate tests and have been removed from the counts.
An additional 7,706 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 200,633.
The 7,706 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered in the following regions: Saskatoon (2,294), Regina (2,110), Central East (1,111), South West (839), South East (527), Far North West (381), Far North East (262), South Central (101), North Central (48), North East (22), and Central West (11).
For more information on vaccines, visit https://www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-vaccine-update.
One hundred ninety-three people are in hospital. One hundred and fifty-nine people are receiving inpatient care in the following zones: Regina (78), Saskatoon (49), South East (11), Central East (8), North West (6), North Central (2), South Central (2), Far North East (1), South West (1), and South West (1). Thirty-four people are in intensive care in the following zones: Regina (23), Saskatoon (10), and Central East (1).
The provincial government notes it has been determined there have been discrepancies in previously reported data for acute care hospitalizations and ICU admissions in Saskatchewan. These discrepancies in previous reports were a result of how patients who receive intensive care in a surge bed outside of an ICU were being recorded. The above data is said to be accurate and reflects the updated reporting.
Two hundred and five more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 31,404 recoveries.
There were 3,982 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on March 31. To date, 669,431 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.
