Four new deaths because of COVID-19 and a third straight day of a rise in the number of active cases of the novel coronavirus in Saskatchewan, according to Sunday’s update from the Ministry of Health. The deaths, which up the provincial death toll to 372, were two people in their 60s from the North West one and two seniors in their 70s…one from each of the Regina and South Central ones. Sunday’s report has 182 new cases, coupled with 110 individuals having recovered, leaving 1,670 active cases. Back on Thursday, there were 1,516 active cases in Saskatchewan. Of the 1,670 active cases in the province, 163 people are receiving inpatient care in hospital with 13 of those hospitalied infections in an I-C-U. Regina has more active cases of COVID-19 than Saskatoon…425 to 397.

       In addition, the number of administered vaccine doses in Saskatchewan surpassed 60,000 on Saturday when 2,428 doses were administered in five different provincial ones for a total of 60,743.

Daily COVID-19 Statistics

There are 182 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on February 21, bringing the provincial total to 27,620 cases.

Four Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died.  Two deaths were reported in the 60-69 age group from the North West zone and two deaths were reported in the 70-79 age group from the Regina (1) and South Central (1) zones.

The new cases are located in the Far North West (11), Far North Central (2), Far North East (22), North West (10), North Central (5), North East (4), Saskatoon (48), Central West (2), Central East (7), Regina (56), South West (1), South Central (5) and South East (1) zones and eight (8) cases have pending residence information.  Four cases with pending residence information were assigned to the Far North Central (1), North West (1) and North Central (2) zones.

There are a total of 25,578 recoveries and 1,670 cases are considered active.

One hundred and seventy-six (176) people are in hospital.  One hundred and sixty-three (163) people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (6), Far North Central (2), Far North East (2), North West (15), North Central (14), North East (2), Saskatoon (60), Central West (1), Central East (8), Regina (46), South Central (2) and South East (5).  Thirteen (13) people are in intensive care: North West (1), North Central (1), Saskatoon (8), Central East (1), and Regina (2).

There were 2,186 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on February 20, 2021.

Please note that, like most categories of statistics reported, daily testing numbers include those pending by location as noted in the footnotes daily on the Tests By Region page in the dashboard.  Total testing numbers will include tests that are still pending by location; those numbers will not appear in the regional statistics until they are assigned.

To date, 559,078 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan.  As of February 19, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 469,247 tests performed per million population.  The national rate was 621,306 tests performed per million population.

The seven-day average of daily new cases is 153 (12.5 new cases per 100,000).  A chart comparing today’s average to data collected over the past several months is available on the Government of Saskatchewan website.  Please visit https://dashboard.saskatchewan.ca/health-wellness/covid-19/seven-day-average-of-new-covid-cases.

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.

Vaccine Delivery

There were 2,428 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered Saturday in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 60,743.

The 2,428 doses were administered in the North West (116), Saskatoon (422), Central East (482), Regina (534) and South Central (874) zones.  The South Central zone has reported an additional 493 doses administered on February 18.  A correction for February 19 resulted in two doses removed from the Central East zone.

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

Note that we remain in Phase One of vaccine delivery, targeting residents and staff of long-term and personal-care homes, identified health care providers, residents 70 years and older and residents aged 50 and older in remote/Northern Saskatchewan.  Eligible populations will be contacted directly to receive their vaccinations.  Registration for appointments for Phase Two sequenced populations will be available when Phase Two commences.  Please do not contact HealthLine 811 to register for vaccinations at this time.  Notification will be provided when the registration system is available.