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By paNOW Staff

COVID-19 provincial report

Cold weather slows COVID-19 vaccines, 194 new cases, 241 recoveries, 3 deaths

Feb 7, 2021 | 2:18 PM

Extreme cold temperatures we’ve been experiencing this weekend has slowed the number of vaccines, tests, and new cases reported.

There were 774 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered on Saturday, bringing the total up to 42,296. Far North East (39), North West (115), North Central (93), and Central West (527). Back-dated corrections submitted for Jan. 18, Jan. 26, and Feb. 5 have realized an additional 268 doses of vaccine administered in the North West (238) and Far North Central (30) zones.

Pfizer orders have been updated for March 1 and March 8 to be 23,400 doses in total. These will be administered in Regina, Saskatoon, North Battleford, Prince Albert, Shellbrook, Big River, Lloydminster, Spiritwood, Wilke, Broadview, Wawota, and Yorkton. Locations are subject to change should allocation from Pfizer change.

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

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Daily COVID-19 Statistics

There are 194 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on February 7, bringing the provincial total to date to 25,403 cases.

Three Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. One death was reported in the 50-59 age group from the Regina zone; one death was reported in the 60-69 age group from the Far North Central zone, and one death was reported in the 70-79 age group from the North West zone.

The new cases are located in the Far North West (10), Far North East (17), North West (27), North Central (18), North East (4), Saskatoon (45), Central West (4), Central East (seven), Regina (49), South Central (4) and South East (8) zones, and one (one) case with pending residence information.

Fifteen cases with pending resident information were assigned to the Far North Central (one), Far North West (one), North Central (10), and North West (three) zones.

A total of 22,701 individuals have recovered and 2,363 cases are considered active.

Two hundred and eleven (211) people are in hospital. One hundred and eighty (183) people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (two), North West (20), North Central (22), North East (two), Saskatoon (69), Central West (one), Central East (10), Regina (53) and South East (four). Twenty-eight (28) people are in intensive care: North West (two), North Central (two), Saskatoon (10), Central East (three), Regina (10) and South West (one).

There were 2,357 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on February 6, 2021.

To date, 526,579 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of February 5, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 444,754 tests performed per million population. The national rate was 583,230 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 220 (17.9 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.

NITHA numbers

Facebook/NITHA Saskatchewan

There are 298 active cases of COVID-19 in NITHA communities.

These cases are located in the Far North Central, Athabasca (31), Far North West (86), Far North East (97), North Central (12), and North East (72). 2357 cases (88%) have recovered, and 6 people are currently in hospital.

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