Saskatchewan’s COVID-19 numbers and statistics were positive once again Friday, but there were two deaths related to the novel coronavirus…a person in their 40s from Saskatoon and a senior in the 80-plus age bracket from the Central East zone. For the sixth straight day, new cases of COVID-19 in the province were below 200, but the 195 in Friday’s update was the highest of the six days. However, the seven-day average for new cases went down again to 170 while…thanks to 256 new recoveries…the active case count in Saskatchewan is down to 1,900. Of those active viruses, 182 people are in hospital with 23 infections being treated in an I-C-U.

       While 525 doses of vaccine were administered on Thursday in the province, the government revealed that Saskatchewan will receive less Moderna vaccine than originally expected for the week of February 22.  In light of this reduction, the Ministry of Health and the Saskatchewan Health Authority will need to review distribution plans.

There were 525 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered Thursday in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 46,788.  With this, 101 per cent of the doses received have been administered to date.  This overage is due to efficiencies in drawing extra doses from vials of vaccine received.

Saskatchewan will receive less Moderna vaccine than originally expected for the week of February 22.  In light of this reduction, the Ministry of Health and the Saskatchewan Health Authority will need to review distribution plans.

The 525 doses were administered in the following zones: Far North West (175), Far North Central (21), Far North East (81), North East (66), North Central (171) and North West (11).

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

Daily COVID-19 Statistics

There are 195 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on February 12, bringing the provincial total to date to 26,145 cases.

Two Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died.  One death was reported in the 40-49 age group from the Saskatoon zone and one death was reported in the 80+ age group from the Central East zone.

The new cases are located in the Far North West (21), Far North Central (5), Far North East (9), North West (16), North Central (19), North East (9), Saskatoon (54), Central West (9), Central East (6), Regina (27), South Central (5) and South East (10) zones.  Five cases are pending resident information.

Five pending residence cases have been assigned to the following zones: Far North West (1), Far North East (1) and Regina (3).

A total of 23,895 individuals have recovered and 1,900 cases are considered active.

There are 182 people in hospital.  One hundred and fifty-nine (159) people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (4), Far North East (2), North West (17), North Central (20), North East (1), Saskatoon (54), Central West (1), Central East (10), Regina (46), South Central (1) and South East (3).  Twenty-three people are in intensive care: North West (2), North Central (1), Saskatoon (9), Central East (2), Regina (8) and South West (1).

There were 2,694 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on February 10, 2021.

To date, 538,087 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan.  As of February 11, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 453,454 tests performed per million population.  The national rate was 597,828 tests performed per million population.

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.

The seven-day average of daily new cases is 170 (13.9 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.