For the second day in a row, no new COVID-19 related deaths have been reported in Saskatchewan. There are 177 new cases to report on Sunday, bringing the provincial total to 43,141 cases. Recoveries total 40,379 and 2,260 cases are considered active. There are 157 people in hospital. One hundred and sixteen people are receiving inpatient care.

Another 13,651 doses of vaccine have been administered bringing the total now to 518,133. They were administered to residents living in the following zones: Far North West, 123; Far North Central, 6; Far North East, 90; North West, 679; North Central, 848; North East, 486; Saskatoon, 4,664; Central West, 425; Central East, 1,170; Regina, 2,311; South West, 493; South Central, 973; and South East, 988.  There were 395 doses administered with zone of residence pending.

Seventy-one per cent of those over the age of 40 have received their first dose. That means the vaccination threshold criteria for Step One of the Saskatchewan Re-Opening Roadmap to be activated in three weeks has been met. Fifty-nine per cent of those 30+ have received their first dose. Fifty per cent of those 18+ have received their first dose.

Saskatchewan expects to receive 63,180 Pfizer doses the week of May 10.  The vaccine will be distributed as follows: Regina (10,530), Saskatoon (8,190), pharmacies (31,590), North Battleford (2,340), Prince Albert (1,170), Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) North (2,340), ISC South (2,340), ISC North Battleford (1,170), and Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) Prince Albert (3,510) with deliveries to be completed by Wednesday, May 12.

Eligibility in the provincial age-based immunization program has expanded to include age 32+. Effective 8 a.m. Monday, eligibility in the provincial age-based immunization program moves to 29 years of age and older. It remains 18+ for the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District. This applies to all immunization clinics: booked appointments, drive-thru/walk-ins, pharmacies and mobile clinics.

Prioritized front-line workers are also eligible. A list of those occupations is available here.  Eligible priority groups may visit a drive-thru or walk-in clinic, arrange an appointment with a participating pharmacy, or call 1-833-SaskVax (1-833-727-5829) to make an appointment through the SHA booking system. Prioritized front-line workers will be required to provide proof of employment at the time of immunization (a pay stub, letter from their employer, or a copy of a professional license).

There may be clinic options outside your community and residents are encouraged to consider those alternate locations for immunization.  Additional stops should be avoided if possible.  More clinics will be added as new vaccine shipments are received.

Residents aged 32+ may book online here or by calling 1-833-SaskVax (1-833-727-5829).  They may also attend a scheduled drive-thru or book at a participating pharmacy.  Additional information on how to book your appointment is available here.  Please do not call until you are eligible to book your vaccination appointment.

The Saskatchewan Health Authority has scheduled drive-thru and walk-in clinics throughout the province.  For street addresses and hours of operation for these clinics, see here.

The pharmacy vaccination pilot rollout continues and additional pharmacies will be added as larger volumes of vaccine become available.  The current list of pharmacies participating is available here.  Find the participating pharmacies near you now on the new map tool.

Individuals who experience a severe or unusual reaction after getting a COVID-19 vaccination can report it by calling 811.  Anyone experiencing a severe reaction such as difficulty breathing should call 911.  Any adverse event that may be related to a vaccination is reported in order to continuously monitor the safety of vaccines.

Daily COVID-19 Statistics

The new cases are located in the following zones: Far North West, 8; North West, 18; North Central, 9; Saskatoon, 40; Central West, 1; Central East, 14; Regina, 42; South West, 11; South Central, 15; and South East, 18.  One new case is pending residence information.  Two new cases with pending residence information has been assigned to the North Central zone (1) and Regina (1).

Recoveries total 40,379 and 2,260 cases are considered active.

There are 157 people in hospital.  One hundred and sixteen people are receiving inpatient care: North West, 8; North Central, 3; North East, 2; Saskatoon, 52; Central East, 2; Regina, 41; South West, 1; South Central, 3; and South East, 4.  Forty-one people are in intensive care: North Central, 3; Saskatoon, 15; Central East, 2; Regina, 19; South West, 1; and South Central, 1.

The seven-day average of new COVID-19 case number is 213 (17.4 new cases per 100,000).

There were 3,055 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on May 8, 2021.

To date, 800,129 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan.  As of May 7, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 672,088 tests performed per million population.  The national rate was 856,454.

As of May 8, 8,258 variants of concern have been identified by screening in Saskatchewan, reported in the following zones: Far North West, 183; Far North East, 6; North West, 307; North Central, 230; North East, 48; Saskatoon, 1,001; Central West, 91; Central East, 366; Regina, 4,185; South West, 263; South Central, 601; and South East, 848. There are 129 screened VOCs with residence pending.

There are 230 new VOC reported today.  Of the 3,344 VOCs  identified in Saskatchewan, 3,288 are B.1.1.1.7 (UK), 47 are P.1 (Brazilian) and nine are B.1.351 (SA).

Confirmed variant of concern cases may appear in both columns on the website, depending on testing for that case.  Adding the cases identified by screening and those that have received whole genome sequencing may result in double-counting individual cases.

Further statistics on the total number of cases among health care workers, breakdowns of total cases by source of infection, age, sex and region, total tests to date, per capita testing rate and current numbers of confirmed variants of concern can be found here.