Two Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. One death was reported in the 70 to 79 age group from the South East zone, while one death was reported in the 80-plus age group from the Saskatoon zone.
That brings the total number of deaths in the province to 447.
There are 205 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on April 8, 2021.
The new cases are located in the Regina (91), Saskatoon (32), South East (23), South Central (21), Central East (9), South West (6), North East (5), Far North West (4), North Central (4), Far North East (4), North West (3), Far North Central (1), and Central West (1) zones.
All 21 of the new cases in the South Central are located in the South Central 2 sub-zone, which includes Moose Jaw and area.
One new case has pending residence information.
Three previously reported cases with pending residence information have been assigned to the Regina zone.
There are now 35,376 reported cases, including 2,141 active cases.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 226 (18.5 new cases per 100,000).
As of April 8, 2,948 variants of concern have been identified by screening in Saskatchewan, reported in the Regina (2,107), South Central (260), South East (246), Saskatoon (189), Central East (64), North Central (21), South West (18), Central West (12), North West (6), Far North East (4), and Far North West (2), zones. There are 19 cases with residence pending.
There are zero new lineage results being reported today. Of the 951 VOCs with lineages identified by whole genome sequencing in Saskatchewan, 943 are B.1.1.1.7 (UK) and eight are B.1.351 (SA).
An additional 10,437 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 244,646. This is the highest daily doses administered to date.
The 10,437 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered to residents living in the following regions: Saskatoon (3,364), Regina (1,822), North East (1,444), North Central (925), North West (924), Central East (791), South East (503), South West (207), Central West (102), South Central (75), Far North West (34), Far North East (21), and Far North Central (2). There were 223 doses administered with zone of residence pending.
More information on vaccines is available on the government's website.
Two hundred and six people are in hospital. One hundred and sixty-five people are receiving inpatient care in the following zones: Regina (82), Saskatoon (41), Central East (14), North West (9), South East (9), North Central (3), South Central (3), Far North West (2), Far North East (1), and North East (1). Forty-one people are in intensive care in the following zones: Regina (25), Saskatoon (7), North Central (4), Central East (3), and South Central (2).
Two hundred more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 32,788 recoveries
There were 3,151 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on April 7. To date, 693,601 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.
