There are two new deaths to report today, both in the 80-plus age group. One death was reported in the North Central Zone. The other death was reported in the North West zone.
That brings the total number of deaths in the province to 565.
There are 48 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on June 21, 2021.
The new cases are located in the following zones: Regina (15), North Central (10), Saskatoon (6), Far North West (5), North West (3), South Central (3), Central West (2), Far North East (1), and South East (1).
All three new cases in the South Central are located in the South Central 2 sub-zone, which includes Moose Jaw and area.
Two cases are pending residence information.
One case tested out-of-province was added to the Regina zone.
There are now 48,490 reported cases, including 711 active cases.
The seven-day average of new COVID-19 case number is 69 (5.6 per 100,000).
As of June 20, 11,971 variants of concern have been identified by screening in Saskatchewan, reported in the following zones: Regina (4,774), Saskatoon (2,079), South East (1,127), South Central (885), North West (777), Central East (641), North Central (616), South West (400), Far North West (291), Central West (145), Far North East (84), North East (79), and Far North Central (1). There are 72 screened VOCs with residence pending.
Zero new lineage results were reported for Variants of Concern today. Of the 6,814 VOCs with lineages identified by whole genome sequencing in Saskatchewan, 6,417 are Alpha (B.1.1.7), 282 are Gamma (P.1), 105 are Delta (B.1.617.2) and 10 are Beta (B.1.351).
As of end of day Saturday, June 19, there were an additional 961 vaccinations administered in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 998,779.
The additional 961 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered to residents living in the following zones: Regina (343), Saskatoon (236), South East (70), Central East (58), North Central (53), North East (42), Far North West (35), Far North East (25), South Central (24), Central West (15), South West (15), North West (11), and Far North Central (2). There were 32 doses administered with zone of residence pending.
More information about vaccines is available on the government’s website.
There are 76 people in hospital. This is the lowest number of hospitalizations since November 18, 2020. Sixty-five people are receiving inpatient care in the following zones: Saskatoon (28), Regina (16), North West (8), North Central (6), South Central (4), Central East (2), and Far North West (1). Eleven people are in intensive care in the following zones: Saskatoon (4), Regina (4), North Central (2), and Central East (1).
Seventy-nine more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 47,214 recoveries.
There were 1,518 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on June 20. To date, 902,790 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.
