There were 1,662 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered Saturday in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 78,226. The 1,662 doses were administered in the Far North East (218), Far North Central (22) Regina (24), North Central (214), North West (314), Central West (102), Central East (112) and South East (656) zones. Data has been updated to include an additional 936 doses administered in the South East zone, 49 in Central West zone and 78 in Central East zone on February 26.
There are 141 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on February 28, bringing the provincial total to 28,647 cases.
The new cases are located in the Far North West (16), Far North Central (1), Far North East (14), North West (17), North Central (13), North East (3), Saskatoon (38), Central West (2), Central East (8), Regina (19), South Central (8) and South East (1) zones. One case has pending residence information. Three cases with pending residence information were assigned to the North West (1), North Central (1) and Regina (1) zones.
There are a total of 26,719 recoveries and 1,543 cases are considered active.
One hundred and fifty-four (154) people are in hospital. One hundred and thirty-five (135) people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (4), Far North East (2), North West (12), North Central (14), North East (1), Saskatoon (50), Central West (1), Central East (7), Regina (37), South Central (3) and South East (4). Nineteen people are in intensive care: North West (1), Saskatoon (11) and Regina (7).
There were 2,285 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on February 27, 2021.
To date, 576,325 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of February 26, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 483,997 tests performed per million population. The national rate was 640,134 tests performed per million population.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 146 (11.9 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.
