There are 56 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on June 25, 2021.
The new cases are located in the following zones: Saskatoon (16), Regina (9), Central East (7), Far North West (6), North West (3), South East (3), Far North Central (2), Far North East (2), Central West (2), and North Central (1).
Five cases are pending residence information.
Two cases were reassigned to the Regina zone.
There are now 48,646 reported cases, including 609 active cases.
The seven-day average of new COVID-19 case number is 49 (4 per 100,000).
There are no additional deaths to report today. The provincial total remains at 565.
As of June 24, 12,057 Variants of Concern have been identified by screening in Saskatchewan, reported in the following zones: Regina (4,789), Saskatoon (2,096), South East (1,136), South Central (887), North West (792), Central East (648), North Central (621), South West (399), Far North West (302), Central West (144), Far North East (83), North East (79), and Far North Central (1). There are 80 screened VOCs with residence pending.
New lineage results were reported for 215 Variants of Concern today. Of the 7,119 VOCs with lineages identified by whole genome sequencing in Saskatchewan, 6,615 are Alpha (B.1.1.7), 316 are Gamma (P.1), 178 are Delta (B.1.617.2) and 10 are Beta (B.1.351).
An additional 20,988 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 1,069,657.
The additional 20,988 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered to residents living in the following zones: Saskatoon (6,017), Regina (3,906), Central East (2,042), South East (1,750), North Central (1,313), Central West (1,247), South Central (1,216), North East (869), South West (823), Far North East (422), North West (410), Far North West (409), and Far North Central (8). There were 556 doses administered with zone of residence pending.
More information about vaccines is available on the government’s website.
There are 78 people in hospital. Sixty-six people are receiving inpatient care in the following zones: Saskatoon (31), Regina (13), North West (9), North Central (7), Central East (3), South Central (2), and Central West (1). Twelve people are in intensive care in the following zones: Saskatoon (5), Regina (3), North West (2), and North Central (2).
Fifty-two more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 47,472 recoveries.
There were 1,812 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on June 24. To date, 909,513 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.
