Three Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. One death was reported in the North Central zone from the 60 to 69 age group. Two deaths were reported in the Regina zone from the 70 to 79 and 80-plus age groups.
That brings the total number of deaths in the province to 443.
There are 217 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on April 6, 2021.
The new cases are located in the Regina (97), South East (36), Saskatoon (30), Central East (17), South Central (14), North West (11), Far North West (5), North Central (3), North East (2), South West (1) zones.
All 14 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.
Two previously reported cases with pending residence information have been assigned to the Regina zone.
There are now 34,980 reported cases, including 2,195 active cases.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 226 (18.4 new cases per 100,000).
As of April 5, 2,677 variants of concern have been identified by screening in Saskatchewan, reported in the Regina (1,898), South Central (232), South East (214), Saskatoon (163), Central East (52), North Central (18), Central West (12), South West (11), Far North East (4) North West (4) and Far North West (1) zones. There are 68 cases with area of 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 5,938 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 227,471.
The 5,938 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered in the following regions: Regina (2,182), Saskatoon (1,697), South Central (471), North West (431), North Central (349), South East (239), South West (204), Central East (153), Central West (54), North East (39), Far North East (11), and Far North West (5). There were 103 doses administered with zone of residence pending.
Two hundred and two people are in hospital. One hundred and fifty-eight people are receiving inpatient care in the following zones: Regina (77), Saskatoon (45), Central East (11), South East (10), North West (8), Far North West (2), North Central (2), South Central (2), and Far North East (1). Forty-four people are in intensive care in the following zones: Regina (30), Saskatoon (6), North Central (4), Central East (2), and South Central (2).
Two hundred and twenty-one more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 32,342 recoveries.
There were 2,924 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on April 5. To date, 687,328 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.
