Following Thursday’s 15,633 doses of vaccine administered, which brought the provincial total of shots received to 770,463, Saskatchewan is up to 67 per cent of adults aged 18-and-over having taken at least one jab in the arm and 64 per cent of residents aged 12-and-over have been immunized at least once. The magic number to activate Step 3 of the government’s Re-Opening Road Map is 70 per cent of adults aged 18-and-over receiving at least one dose. Once 70 per cent of residents aged 12-and-over get at least one shot, the removal of mandatory masking in public and lifting all gathering size restrictions would go into effect three weeks after Step 2 is activated at the earliest.

       Otherwise, Friday’s update from the Ministry of Health had no COVID-19-related deaths reported with 89 new cases and 111 recoveries, leaving 1,292 active cases in the province. From that number, 101 people are in hospital with 21 of those hospitalized infections being treated in an I-C-U. The seven-day average for new cases of the novel coronavirus in Saskatchewan is at 129.

Vaccines Reported

An additional 15,633 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 770,463.

The 15,633 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered to residents living in the following zones: Far North West, 301; Far North Central, 4; Far North East, 253; North West, 358; North Central, 889; North East, 439; Saskatoon, 4,446; Central West, 351; Central East, 1,041; Regina, 4,632; South West, 551; South Central, 877; and South East, 1,185.  There were 306 doses administered with zone of residence pending.

Seventy-seven per cent of those over the age of 40 have received their first dose.  Seventy-two per cent of those 30+ have received their first dose.  Sixty-seven per cent of those 18+ have received their first dose, while 64 per cent of those 12+ have also received their first dose.

Status of Population Vaccinations, as of June 3, 2021
Group	Estimated Population	Received First Dose	Fully  Vaccinated
Age 80+	51,304	46,772 (91%)	36,315 (71%)
Age 70-79	79,817	71,410 (89%)	32,380 (41%)
Age 60-69	138,471	115,496 (83%)	12,490 (9%)
Age 50-59	147,466	106,877 (72%)	9,716 (7%)
Age 40-49	151,896	100,123 (66%)	8,057 (5%)
Age 30-39	183,246	100,130 (55%)	7,951 (4%)
Age 18-29	189,909	88,096 (46%)	5,704 (3%)
Age 12-17	90,987	28,742 (32%)	127 (0%)

Note: Age is calculated on the date of the most recent dose.  Someone age 69 at their first dose and 70 at their second will now be counted in the 70-79 group for both doses, resulting in a decrease in the 60-69 first dose number.

All vaccine administration details for the province, including first and second doses, can be found at https://dashboard.saskatchewan.ca/health-wellness.

Second Dose Booking Eligibility 

All residents 12+ can receive their first dose.  Second dose vaccinations are open to residents 65+ or anyone who received their first dose before March 22, 2021.  Individuals diagnosed with or being treated for cancer and those who have received solid organ transplants will receive a letter of eligibility in the mail that will allow them priority access to a second dose.

Eligibility to book for second doses is based on age or date of first dose.  Residents who meet at least one of these criteria are eligible for their second dose.  The following table is a tentative guideline for those who received Pfizer or Moderna for their first dose; timelines may change due to vaccine availability.

Eligibility for 2nd Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine
Age	OR	1st Dose Date  (on or before)	Eligible for 2nd Dose  (on or after)
70+	OR	March 15	May 29
65+	OR	March 22	June 2
55+	OR	April 7	June 14
45+	OR	April 15	June 21
Eligibility determined by date of first dose only		May 1	June 28
		May 15	July 5
		May 30	July 12
		June 14	July 19
		June 28	July 26

Saskatchewan is expecting to receive 12,400 doses of Moderna this week.  All shipments were delivered yesterday, with the exception of Weyburn’s (900 doses), which will be delivered later today (June 4).

Note that all vaccine types will not be available at all clinic locations.  Vaccine types will be listed when immunization clinics are advertised.

Second dose vaccination appointments can be booked through the Saskatchewan Health Authority online at www.saskatchewan.ca/COVID19 or by calling 1-833-SaskVax (1-833-727-5829).

A map of participating pharmacies across the province is available at www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-pharmacies.  This online tool includes links to pharmacy booking websites and provides details on the vaccine brand being offered at each location.

For street addresses and hours of operation for drive-thru and walk-in clinics, see www.saskatchewan.ca/drive-thru-vax.

Please do not call until you are eligible to book your vaccination appointment.  If you do not know the date of your first dose or have misplaced the wallet card provided at the time of your first dose, 1-833-SaskVax can provide you with that date, or check your Immunization History on your MySaskHealthRecord account.

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 when travelling to another community for an appointment.  More clinics will be added as new vaccine shipments are received.

During your second-dose appointment, the clinic or pharmacy will validate the timing and brand of your first dose to ensure you are receiving your second dose within the recommended timeframe.  The type of vaccine available at each location will be advertised to ensure that you are receiving the same vaccine brand for your second dose.

Additional information on how to book your appointment is available at www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-vaccine-booking.

Daily COVID-19 Statistics

There are 89 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on June 4, bringing the provincial total to 47,186 cases.

The new cases are located in the following zones: Far North West, 4; Far North East, 13; North West, 9; North Central, 6; North East, 2; Saskatoon, 20; Central West, 1; Central East, 5; Regina, 12; South Central, 11; and South East, 5. One new case is pending residence information. Three cases have been assigned to the Far North West, 1; and North West, 2; zones.

No new deaths were reported today.

Recoveries total 45,351 and 1,292 cases are considered active.

There are 101 people in hospital. Eighty people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West, 1; North West, 12; North Central, 6; North East, 1; Saskatoon, 28; Central West, 1; Central East, 3; Regina, 22; South West, 1; South Central, 2; and South East, 3.  Twenty-one people are in intensive care, including two out-of-province transfers from Manitoba: North Central, 1; Saskatoon, 10; Central East, 2; Regina, 6; and South West, 2.

The seven-day average of new COVID-19 case number is 129 (10.5 per 100,000).  A chart comparing today’s average to data collected over the past few months is available at https://dashboard.saskatchewan.ca/health-wellness/covid-19/seven-day-average-of-new-covid-cases.

There were 2,599 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on June 3, 2021.

To date, 870,689 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan.  As of June 2, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 732,315 tests performed per million population.  The national rate was921,392.

As of June 3, 11,119 variants of concern have been identified by screening in Saskatchewan, reported in the following zones: Far North West, 258; Far North Central, 1; Far North East, 65; North West, 647; North Central, 505; North East, 67; Saskatoon, 1,830; Central West, 111; Central East, 609; Regina, 4,686; South West, 384; South Central, 800; and South East, 1,088. There are 68 screened VOCs with residence pending.

New lineage results were reported for 85 VOC today. Of the 5,879 VOCs with lineages identified by whole genome sequencing in Saskatchewan, 5,656 are B.1.1.1.7 (UK), 181 are P.1 (Brazilian), 32 are B.1.617 (Indian) and 10 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 at http://www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-cases.