There were two new deaths due to COVID-19 while new cases of the novel coronavirus were above the seven-day average for Saskatchewan, according to Thursday’s update from the Ministry of Health. However, the number of active cases in the province went down marginally thanks to the discovery of eight active cases belonging to out-of-province residents. One of the fatalities was a person in their 50s from the South East zone while the other individual was in their 70s from the North East zone. Otherwise, there were 168 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Saskatchewan Thursday from 2,991 processed tests. Coupled with 168 new recoveries and the eight out-of-province cases taken away, that leaves 1,422 active cases of the virus in the province…146 of those in hospital with 20 infections receiving treatment in an I-C-U.

       In addition, vaccination clinics began Thursday in Prince Albert and North Battleford with the arrival of Pfizer vaccine in both cities. On Wednesday, 2,493 doses of vaccine were administered over eight different zones for a provincial total of 84,090.

 

Daily COVID-19 Statistics

There are 169 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on March 4, bringing the provincial total to 29,220 cases.

Two Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died.  One (1) death was reported in the 70-79 age group from the North East zone, and one (1) death was reported in the 50-59 age group from the South East zone.

The new cases are located in the Far North West (27), Far North East (15), North West (10), North Central (9), Saskatoon (46), Central West (4), Central East (5), Regina (41), and South West (1), South Central (3), and South East (2) zones.  Six (6) cases are pending residence information.  Three (3) cases with pending residence information were assigned to the North Central (1) and Regina (2) zones.  Eight (8) cases were found to be out-of-province residents and were removed from the counts.

There are a total of 27,407 recoveries and 1,422 cases are considered active.

One hundred and forty-six (146) people are in hospital.  One hundred and twenty-six (126) people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (3), Far North East (2), North West (11), North Central (14), North East (2), Saskatoon (52), Central West (1), Central East (5), Regina (33), and South East (3).  Twenty people are in intensive care: Saskatoon (10), Central East (1) and Regina (9).

There were 2,991 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on March 3, 2021.

To date, 585,820 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan.  As of March 3, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 491,504 tests performed per million population.  The national rate was 649,289 tests performed per million population.

The seven-day average of daily new cases is 148 (12.0 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 https://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.

Vaccines Reported

An additional 2,493 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 84,090.

The 2,493 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported Thursday were administered in the following regions: Far North East (11), North East (10), North West (6), North Central (12), Central East (174), South East (188) Saskatoon (951), and Regina (1141).

Pfizer vaccine shipments have arrived in Prince Albert (4,680) and North Battleford (2,340) and clinics will begin on March 4.

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