Two hundred and eleven people are in hospital with 28 of those individuals in intensive care. The seven-day average of daily new cases is 220. There are 194 new cases of COVID-19 as of Sunday after 2,357 COVID-19 tests were processed in Saskatchewan on Saturday. The provincial total to date is 25,403 cases of COVID-19. Three Saskatchewan residents who tested positive with the virus have died including a person in their fifties from Regina, another in their sixties from the Far North Central zone and another individual in their seventies from the North West zone.

The new cases are located in the Far North West (10), Far North East (17), North West (27), North Central (18), North East (4), Saskatoon (45), Central West (4), Central East (7), Regina (49), South Central (4) and South East (8) zones, and one (1) case with pending residence information.

Fifteen cases with pending resident information were assigned to the Far North Central (1), Far North West (1), North Central (10), and North West (3) zones.

Two hundred and eleven (211) people are in hospital. One hundred and eighty (183) people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (2), North West (20), North Central (22), North East (2), Saskatoon (69), Central West (1), Central East (10), Regina (53) and South East (4). Twenty-eight (28) people are in intensive care: North West (2), North Central (2), Saskatoon (10), Central East (3), Regina (10) and South West (1).

There were 2,357 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on February 6, 2021. A total of 22,701 individuals have recovered and 2,363 cases are considered active.

To date, 526,579 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of February 5, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 444,754 tests performed per million population. The national rate was 583,230 tests performed per million population.

The seven-day average of daily new cases is 17.9 new cases per 100,000 population and is now available on the Government of Saskatchewan website. This chart compares today’s average to data collected over the past several months. Please visit https://dashboard.saskatchewan.ca/health-wellness/covid-19/seven-day-average-of-new-covid-cases.

Vaccination Update

There were 774 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered Saturday in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 42,296. Due to weather issues, the number of vaccines administered yesterday was lower than targeted; reporting delays may also contribute to an underestimate of doses administered. With this, 95 per cent of the doses received have been administered to date.

The 774 doses were administered in the following zones: Far North East (39), North West (115), North Central (93), and Central West (527). Back-dated corrections submitted for January 18, January 26 and February 5 have realized an additional 268 doses of vaccine administered in the North West (238) and Far North Central (30) zones.

Pfizer orders have been updated for March 1 and March 8 to be 23,400 doses in total. These will be administered in Regina, Saskatoon, North Battleford, Prince Albert, Shellbrook, Big River, Lloydminster, Spritwood, Wilke, Broadview, Wawota and Yorkton. Locations are subject to change should allocation from Pfizer change.

For a listing of first and second doses in Saskatchewan administered by geographic zone, visit https://www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-vaccine-update.

Further statistics on the total number of cases among healthcare workers, breakdowns of total cases by source of infection, age, sex and region, total tests to date and the per capita testing rate can be found on the Government of Saskatchewan website. Please visit www.saskatchewan.ca/government/health-care-administration-and-provider-resources/treatment-procedures-and-guidelines/emerging-public-health-issues/2019-novel-coronavirus/cases-and-risk-of-covid-19-in-saskatchewan.

Enforcing Public Health Measures

Enforcement of public health orders is permitted under The Public Health Act, 1994. Public health inspectors will be supported in their efforts to ticket violators quickly to ensure that businesses and events are brought into compliance as quickly as possible, in addition to the enforcement efforts that have been undertaken by police agencies throughout the province.

For more information on the current public health measures or to see the Public Health Order, visit www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-measures.