There are 20 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on July 5, 2021.
The new cases are located in the following zones: Regina (9), Far North East (3), North East (3), Far North West (1), North Central (1), and Saskatoon (1).
Two cases are pending residence information.
There are now 48,978 reported cases, including 360 active cases.
The seven-day average of new COVID-19 case number is 33 (2.7 per 100,000).
There are no additional deaths to report today. The provincial total remains at 568.
As of July 4, 12,208 Variants of Concern have been identified by screening in Saskatchewan, reported in the following zones: Regina (4,809), Saskatoon (2,124), South East (1,145), South Central (889), North West (835), Central East (651), North Central (633), South West (401), Far North West (324), Central West (146), Far North East (87), North East (80), and Far North Central (3). There are 81 screened VOCs with residence pending.
There are no new lineage results reported for Variants of Concern today. Of the 7,244 VOCs with lineages identified by whole genome sequencing in Saskatchewan, 6,677 are Alpha (B.1.1.7), 348 are Gamma (P.1), 209 are Delta (B.1.617.2) and 10 are Beta (B.1.351).
An additional 8,814 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 1,225,186.
The additional 8,814 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered to residents living in the following zones: Saskatoon (3,193), Regina (3,107), South Central (615), North West (466), North Central (370), South East (304), Central East (219), North East (77), South West (73), Central West (64), Far North East (52), Far North West (16), and Far North Central (1). There were 257 doses administered with zone of residence pending.
More information about vaccines is available on the government’s website.
There are 65 people in hospital. Fifty-four people are receiving inpatient care in the following zones: Saskatoon (24), Regina (11), North Central (7), North West (4), South Central (4), Central East (2), Central West (1), and South East (1). Eleven people are in intensive care in the following zones: Saskatoon (4), Regina (4), North Central (2), and North West (1).
Fifty-six more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 48,050 recoveries.
There were 912 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on July 4. To date, 923,683 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.
