Three Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. Two deaths were reported in the 50 to 59 age group from the Regina zone and one death was reported in the 80-plus age group from the South East zone.
That brings the total number of deaths in the province to 439.
There are 221 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on April 4, 2021.
The new cases are located in the Regina (112), Saskatoon (27), South East (26), South Central (15), Central East (13), Far North East (7), North West (7), North East (6), South West (4), and North Central (3) zones.
All 15 of the new cases reported today 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.
One previously reported case with pending residence information has been assigned to the North Central zone.
There are now 34,544 reported cases, including 2,196 active cases.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 216 (17.6 new cases per 100,000).
As of April 3, 2,367 variants of concern have been identified by screening in Saskatchewan, reported in the Regina (1,626), South Central (180), South East (167), Saskatoon (134), Central East (33), North Central (18), Central West (12), South West (7), Far North East (4), and North West (2) zones. There are 184 cases with area of residence pending.
There are two new lineage results being reported today. Of the 951 VOCs with lineages identified by whole genome sequencing in Saskatchewan, 943 are B1.1.1.7 (UK) and eight are B1.351 (SA).
Vaccine information is not available today because the the Ministry of Health is launching a new dashboard with details on vaccine administration in the province, including first and second doses administered by age range. Due to this transition, vaccine data is not available today. Today's data will be included in tomorrow's new dashboard.
One hundred ninety-four people are in hospital. One hundred and fifty people are receiving inpatient care in the following zones: Regina (69), Saskatoon (45), Central East (13), North West (10), South East (8), North Central (2), Far North East (1), Central West (1), and South Central (1). Forty-four people are in intensive care in the following zone: Regina (27), Saskatoon (10), South Central (3), North Central (2), and Central East (2).
One hundred and sixty-five more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 31,909 recoveries.
There were 3,527 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on April 3. To date, 681,074 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan.
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.
