There is one new death to report today in the 80-plus age group from the North West zone.
That brings the total number of deaths in the province to 487.
There are 205 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on April 29, 2021.
The new cases are located in the following zones: Regina (73), Saskatoon (32), South East (24), Far North West (16), South Central (13), North West (11), Central East (11), South West (9), North Central (4), North East (3), Central West (2), and Far North East (1).
Eleven of the 13 new cases in the South Central are located in the South Central 2 sub-zone, which includes Moose Jaw and area.
Six new cases are pending residence information.
Six previously reported cases pending residence information have been assigned to the following zones: Regina (3), South Central (2), and North Central (1).
Five Saskatchewan residents tested out-of-province have been added to the counts for the following zones: Far North East (3), Central West (1), and South West (1).
There are now 40,824 reported cases, including 2,408 active cases.
The seven-day average of new COVID-19 case number is 239 (19.5 new cases per 100,000).
As of April 28, 6,572 variants of concern have been identified by screening in Saskatchewan, reported in the following zones: Regina (3,632), Saskatoon (730), South East (682), South Central (496), Central East (290), North West (185), South West (178), North Central (104), Far North West (96), Central West (81), North East (14), and Far North East (3). There are 81 screened VOCs with residence pending.
There are 87 new lineage results reported today. Of the 2,392 VOCs with lineages identified by whole genome sequencing in Saskatchewan, 2,362 are B.1.1.1.7 (UK), 21 are P.1 (Brazilian) and nine are B.1.351 (SA).
An additional 6,218 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 421,981.
The 6,218 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered to residents living in the following zones: Saskatoon (1,605), Regina (1,313), South East (592), North West (530), North Central (487), Central East (411), North East (238), Central West (220), South West (190), Far North West (130), Far North East (112), South Central (70), and Far North Central (2). There were 318 doses administered with zone of residence pending.
More information about vaccines is available on the government’s website.
There are 186 people in hospital. One hundred and forty-eight people are receiving inpatient care in the following zones: Saskatoon (58), Regina (56), South East (9), North Central (7), Central East (7), North West (6), South Central (3), Far North East (1), and South West (1). Thirty-eight people are in intensive care in the following zones: Regina (22), Saskatoon (10), North Central (2), Central East (2), North West (1), and South Central (1).
Two hundred and forty-four more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 37,929 recoveries.
There were 3,306 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on April 28. To date, 765,871 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.
