One Saskatchewan resident who tested positive for COVID-19 has died. The death was recorded in the 60 to 69 range in the Central East zone.
That brings the total number of deaths in the province to 454.
There are 321 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on April 11, 2021.
The new cases are located in the Regina (120), Saskatoon (78), South East (36), North West (21), South Central (17), Central East (12), North Central (8), Far North West (6), North East (6), Central West (4), South West (3), and Far North East (2) zones.
All 17 of the new cases in the South Central are located in the South Central 2 sub-zone, which includes Moose Jaw and area.
Eight new cases have pending residence information.
Three previously reported cases with pending residence information have been assigned to North West (2) and Far North West (1) zones.
Three cases were found to be out-of-province residents and were removed from Saskatoon (2) and South East (1) zones. Four cases that were previously not reported were added to Saskatoon (2) and South East (2) zones.
There are now 36,305 reported cases, including 2,504 active cases.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 249 (20.3 new cases per 100,000).
As of April 11, 3,271 variants of concern have been identified by screening in Saskatchewan, reported in the Regina (2,271), South East (310), South Central (286), Saskatoon (171), Central East (82), North Central (39), South West (28), Central West (12), North West (9), Far North West (7), North East (3), and Far North East (1) zones. There are 52 cases with residence pending.
There were zero new lineage results being reported today. Of the 1,435 VOCs with lineages identified by whole genome sequencing in Saskatchewan, 1,426 are B.1.1.1.7 (UK) and nine are B.1.351 (SA).
An additional 13,170 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 282,065. This is the highest daily doses administered to date.
The 13,170 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered to residents living in the following regions: Regina (3,085), Saskatoon (2,072), South East (1,621), Central East (1,427), South Central (1,020), North West (811), South West (725), Central West (692), North East (591), North Central (397), Far North West (223), Far North East (78), and Far North Central (1). There were 427 doses administered with zone of residence pending.
One hundred and ninety-nine people are in hospital. One hundred and fifty-three people are receiving inpatient care in the following zones: Regina (78), Saskatoon (43), Central East (12), South East (7), North West (4), North Central (3), Far North West (2), North East (2), Far North East (1), and South West (1). Forty-six people are in intensive care in the following zones: Regina (25), Saskatoon (9), North Central (5), Central East (3), South Central (3), and South West (1).
One hundred and ninety-eight more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 33,347 recoveries.
There were 3,601 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on April 10. To date, 704,555 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.
