There are 31 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on June 30, 2021.
The new cases are located in the following zones: Saskatoon (11), North West (6), Far North West (3), Regina (2), North Central (2), Far North East (1), North East (1), Central East (1), and South East (1).
Three cases are pending residence information.
There are now 48,854 reported cases, including 435 active cases.
The seven-day average of new COVID-19 case number is 45 (3.7 per 100,000).
There are no additional deaths to report today. The provincial total remains at 568.
As of June 29, 12,149 Variants of Concern have been identified by screening in Saskatchewan, reported in the following zones: Regina (4,799), Saskatoon (2,110), South East (1,143), South Central (887), North West (823), Central East (650), North Central (630), South West (399), Far North West (314), Central West (147), Far North East (85), North East (80), and Far North Central (1). There are 81 screened VOCs with residence pending.
There are 87 new lineage results reported for Variants of Concern today. Of the 7,242 VOCs with lineages identified by whole genome sequencing in Saskatchewan, 6,675 are Alpha (B.1.1.7), 348 are Gamma (P.1), 209 are Delta (B.1.617.2) and 10 are Beta (B.1.351).
An additional 17,420 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 1,153,720.
The additional 17,420 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered to residents living in the following zones: Saskatoon (4,910), Regina (4,411), Central East (1,468), South East (1,349), South Central (1,157), North Central (1,113), North East (650), South West (639), North West (629), Central West (309), Far North West (217), Far North East (95), and Far North Central (2). There were 471 doses administered with zone of residence pending.
More information about vaccines is available on the government’s website.
There are 69 people in hospital. Fifty-five people are receiving inpatient care in the following zones: Saskatoon (23), Regina (15), North Central (10), North West (4), Central West (1), Central East (1), and South Central (1). Fourteen people are in intensive care in the following zones: Saskatoon (6), Regina (3), North Central (3), and North West (2).
Sixty more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 47,851 recoveries.
There were 1,506 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on June 29. To date, 916,620 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.
