There are 38 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on July 27, 2021.
The new cases are located in the following zones: Far North West (17), Regina (9), Far North East (4), North Central (3), Central East (2), Far North Central (1), North West (1), and South East (1).
Three previously reported cases with pending location were assigned to the Regina (2) and Far North Central (1) zones.
There are now 49,765 reported cases, including 362 active cases.
The seven-day average of new COVID-19 case number is 41 (3.4 new cases per 100,000).
There are no additional deaths to report today. One death previously reported in the North Central zone in the 60 to 69 age group is no longer considered a COVID-19 death. This brings the total COVID-19 death count to 578.
A total of 12,340 Variants of Concern have been identified by screening in Saskatchewan, reported in the following zones: Regina (4,831), Saskatoon (2,140), South East (1,156), South Central (892), North West (867), Central East (654), North Central (639), South West (416), Far North West (337), Central West (150), Far North East (87), North East (84), and Far North Central (4). There are 83 screened VOCs with residence pending.
New lineage results were reported for one Variant of Concern today. Of the 7,962 VOCs with lineages identified by whole genome sequencing in Saskatchewan, 7,027 are Alpha (B.1.1.7), 506 are Delta (B.1.617.2), 419 are Gamma (P.1), and 10 are Beta (B.1.351).
An additional 1,933 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 1,390,263.
The additional 1,933 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered to residents living in the following zones: Saskatoon (822), Regina (478), North West (199), North Central (125), Central East (48), South East (36), South Central (28), Central West (23), North East (20), South West (16), Far North West (15), Far North East (10), and Far North Central (1). There were 112 doses administered with zone of residence pending.
More information about vaccines is available on the government’s website.
There are 50 people in hospital. Forty people are receiving inpatient care in the following zones: Saskatoon (14), Regina (14), North West (4), North Central (4), South Central (2), Far North West (1), and South East (1). Ten people are in intensive care in the following zones: Saskatoon (7), Regina (2), and North Central (1).
Thirty-three more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 48,825 recoveries.
There were 1,234 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on July 26. To date, 955,360 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.
