221 new COVID-19 cases, 2 deaths reported, 225 recoveries

There are two new deaths to report today. One death was reported in the 60 to 69 age group from the North West zone, while one death was reported in the 40 to 49 age group from the South East zone.

That brings the total number of deaths in the province to 462.

There are 221 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on April 16, 2021.

The new cases are located in the Regina (57), Saskatoon (25), South Central (25), South East (25), North West (21), South West (18), Central East (11), North Central (8), Far North West (5), Far North East (5), North East (4), and Central West (1) zones.  

Twenty-one of the 25 new cases in the South Central are located in the South Central 2 sub-zone, which includes Moose Jaw and area.

Sixteen new cases have pending residence information.  

Five cases with pending residence information have been assigned to the South East (2), Far North East (1), Regina (1), and Saskatoon (1) zones.  

Ten cases that were tested out of province have been added to the Far North West (4), North West (3), Far North East (2), and Central West (1) zones.

There are now 37,615 reported cases, including 2,603 active cases.

The seven-day average of daily new cases is 264 (21.6 new cases per 100,000).   

As of April 16, 4,326 variants of concern have been identified by screening in Saskatchewan, reported in the Regina (2,731), South East (419), Saskatoon (385), South Central (349), Central East (158), South West (70), North West (57), North Central (49), Central West (44), Far North West (11), North East (4), and Far North East (2) zones. There are 47 cases with residence pending.

There are 277 new lineage results being reported today. Of the 1,712 VOCs with lineages identified by whole genome sequencing in Saskatchewan, 1,703 are B.1.1.1.7 (UK) and nine are B.1.351 (SA).  

An additional 8,168 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 323,573.  

The 8,168 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered to residents living in the following regions: Saskatoon (2,532), Regina (2,468), Central East (740), South Central (529), North Central (463), North West (452), South East (437), Far North East (134), Central West (78), South West (65), North East (60), Far North West (11), and Far North Central (1). There were 198 doses administered with zone of residence pending.

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

One hundred and ninety people are in hospital. One hundred and forty-six people are receiving inpatient care in the following zones: Regina (66), Saskatoon (39), Central East (13), South East (8), North Central (7), North West (5), South Central (4), North East (2), Far North West (1), and Far North East (1). Forty-four people are in intensive care in the following zones: Regina (30), Saskatoon (9), South Central (2), North Central (1), Central East (1), and South West (1). 

Two hundred and twenty-five more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 34,550 recoveries.

There were 3,739 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on April 15. To date, 721,225 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.