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20 new COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths reported, 12 recoveries

The new cases are located in the following zones: Regina (4), Far North West (3), Saskatoon (3), Central East (3), North West (2), North Central (2), Far North East (1), and South East (1), with one case pending residence information
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There are two new deaths to report today. One death was reported in the 60 to 69 age group from the North West zone and one death was reported in the 70 to 79 age group from the Far North East zone.

That brings the total number of deaths in the province 575.

There are 20 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on July 16, 2021.

The new cases are located in the following zones: Regina (4), Far North West (3), Saskatoon (3), Central East (3), North West (2), North Central (2), Far North East (1), and South East (1).

One case is pending residence information.

One case who tested out-of-province was added to the Saskatoon zone. Three cases with pending residence were assigned to the Far North Central (2) and North West (1) zones.  

There are now 49,362 reported cases, including 380 active cases.

The seven-day average of new COVID-19 case number is 25 (2.1 new cases per 100,000).  

A total of 12,304 Variants of Concern have been identified by screening in Saskatchewan, reported in the following zones: Regina (4,830), Saskatoon (2,132), South East (1,155), South Central (890), North West (851), Central East (651), North Central (638), South West (415), Far North West (335), Central West (150), Far North East (87), North East (82), and Far North Central (4). There are 84 screened VOCs with residence pending.

No new lineage results were reported for Variants of Concern today. Of the 7,747 VOCs with lineages identified by whole genome sequencing in Saskatchewan, 6,952 are Alpha (B.1.1.7), 408 are Gamma (P.1), 377 are Delta (B.1.617.2) and 10 are Beta (B.1.351).

An additional 10,925 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 1,332,135.

The additional 10,925 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered to residents living in the following zones: Saskatoon (4,462), Regina (2,556), North West (733), Central East (619), South East (613), North Central (460), North East (242), Central West (216), South West (216), South Central (196), Far North East (154), Far North West (117), and Far North Central (5). There were 336 doses administered with zone of residence pending.

More information about vaccines is available on the government’s website.

There are 53 people in hospital. Forty-four people are receiving inpatient care in the following zones: Far Saskatoon (18), Regina (17), North West (3), North Central (2), South East (2), North East (1), and Central East (1). Nine people are in intensive care in the following zones: Saskatoon (5), Regina (3), and North Central (1).

Twelve more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 48,407 recoveries. 

There were 1,573 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on July 15. To date, 941,407 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.

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