There is one new death to report today in the 40 to 49 age group from the Regina zone.
That brings the provincial total to 566.
There are 61 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on June 26, 2021.
The new cases are located in the following zones: Saskatoon (15), North West (12), Far North West (10), Regina (7), South East (6), North Central (3), Central West (3), South Central (2), Far North East (1), and Central East (1).
Both of the new cases in the South Central are located in the South Central 2 sub-zone, which includes Moose Jaw and area.
One new case is pending residence information.
Six cases with pending residence information have been assigned to the following zones: Far North East (3), North Central (1), Central West (1), and Regina (1).
One case who tested out of province was added to the Saskatoon zone. Two cases were found to be out-of-province residents and were removed from the count.
There are now 48,706 reported cases, including 597 active cases.
The seven-day average of new COVID-19 case number is 50 (4 per 100,000).
As of June 25, 12,091 Variants of Concern have been identified by screening in Saskatchewan, reported in the following zones: Regina (4,792), Saskatoon (2,103), South East (1,137), South Central (887), North West (801), Central East (648), North Central (628), South West (399), Far North West (305), Central West (147), Far North East (85), North East (79), and Far North Central (1). There are 79 screened VOCs with residence pending.
There are no new lineage results reported for 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 23,323 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 1,092,980.
The additional 23,323 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered to residents living in the following zones: Saskatoon (6,732), Regina (4,770), Central East (2,219), South East (2,128), North Central (1,480), South Central (1,309), North West (1,019), South West (923), North East (871), Central West (657), Far North West (330), Far North East (225), and Far North Central (10). There were 650 doses administered with zone of residence pending.
More information about vaccines is available on the government’s website.
There are 79 people in hospital. Sixty-nine people are receiving inpatient care in the following zones: Saskatoon (31), Regina (14), North Central (10), North West (8), Central East (3), South Central (2), and Central West (1). Ten people are in intensive care in the following zones: Saskatoon (4), North West (2), North Central (2), and Regina (2).
Seventy-one more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 47,543 recoveries.
There were 1,905 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on June 24. To date, 911,418 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.
