There are 30 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on July 15, 2021.
The new cases are located in the following zones: Far North East (5), North West (4), Regina (4), Central West (4), Far North West (3), Far North Central (1), North East (1), Saskatoon (1), Central East (1), South West (1), and South East (1).
Four cases are pending residence information.
Two cases with pending location were assigned to the Far North West (1) and Regina (1) zones.
Eleven non-Saskatchewan residents were removed from the total case count of the following zones: Regina (2), North West (1), Saskatoon (1), South West (1), and pending residence (6).
There are now 49,341 reported cases, including 373 active cases.
The seven-day average of new COVID-19 case number is 27 (2.3 per 100,000).
There are no additional deaths to report today. The provincial total remains at 573.
A total of 12,298 Variants of Concern have been identified by screening in Saskatchewan, reported in the following zones: Regina (4,829), Saskatoon (2,131), South East (1,155), South Central (890), North West (849), Central East (651), North Central (637), South West (415), Far North West (334), Central West (150), Far North East (87), North East (82), and Far North Central (4). There are 84 screened VOCs with residence pending.
No new lineage results were reported for Variants of Concern today. Of the 7,747 VOCs with lineages identified by whole genome sequencing in Saskatchewan, 6,952 are Alpha (B.1.1.7), 408 are Gamma (P.1), 377 are Delta (B.1.617.2) and 10 are Beta (B.1.351).
An additional 7,787 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 1,321,210.
The additional 7,787 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered to residents living in the following zones: Saskatoon (2,348), Regina (1,711), North West (744), North Central (482), South Central (467), Central East (462), South East (424), Central West (276), North East (240), Far North East (126), Far North West (118), South West (108), and Far North Central (13). There were 268 doses administered with zone of residence pending.
More information about vaccines is available on the government’s website.
There are 52 people in hospital. Forty-three people are receiving inpatient care in the following zones: Saskatoon (18), Regina (16), South East (3), North West (2), North Central (2), Far North East (1), and Central East (1). Nine people are in intensive care in the following zones: Saskatoon (5), Regina (3), and North Central (1).
Nine more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 48,395 recoveries.'
There were 1,400 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on July 14. To date, 939,834 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.
