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New daily record set for COVID-19 vaccines, 200 new cases, three new deaths

Mar 20, 2021 | 2:08 PM

An additional 8,766 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 133,828. To date, this is the highest one-day total for vaccine delivery in the province.

The 8,766 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered in the following regions: Far North West (148), Far North Central (10), Far North East (281), North West (12), North Central (24), North East (53), Saskatoon (1,111), Central West (775), Central East (1,008), Regina (2,860), South West (220), South Central (667), and South East (1,597). Of the doses administered on Friday, 2,019 were delivered at the Regina drive-thru clinic location alone.

For a listing of first and second doses in Saskatchewan administered by geographic zone, visit here.

Residents 67 years and older are encouraged to book their COVID-19 vaccination online or by phone. There are currently over 500 vaccination appointment slots available between March 20 and March 24. As of March 19, 89,338 appointments have been booked using the new appointment systems: 65,791 online and 23,547 by telephone.

Additional information on eligibility and how to book your appointment is available here.

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Daily COVID-19 Statistics

There are 200 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on March 20, bringing the provincial total to 31,459 cases.

Three Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. Two deaths were reported in the Far North East zone: one (1) in the 60-69 age group and one (1) in the 80+ age group. One death was reported in the 30-39 age group from the North Central zone.

The new cases are located in the Far North West (six), Far North East (two), North West (nine), North Central (14), North East (five), Saskatoon (29), Central West (two), Central East (12), Regina (91), South Central (12) and South East (18) zones. Six cases with pending residence information were assigned to the North Central (one) and Regina (five) zones.

There are a total of 29,608 recoveries and 1,434 cases are considered active.

One hundred thirty-five (135) people are in hospital. One hundred and eight (108) people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (3), Far North East (1), North West (6), North Central (6), Saskatoon (42), Central East (6), Regina (37), South West (1), South Central (4) and South East (2). Twenty-seven (27) people are in intensive care: Saskatoon (9), Central East (3), Regina (14) and South Central (1).

The seven-day average of daily new cases is 134 (11.0 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.

There were 3,581 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on March 19, 2021.

To date, 627,752 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of March 18, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 525,690 tests performed per million population. The national rate was 693,901 tests performed per million population.

As of March 20, there are no new confirmed variants of concern (VOC) cases to report. There are 156 confirmed variants of concern cases in Saskatchewan: 149 B1.1.1.7 (UK) and seven B1.351 (SA). The Regina zone accounts for 141 (or 90 per cent) of the confirmed VOC cases reported in Saskatchewan.

In addition to the confirmed cases, there are currently 590 presumptive VOC cases reported in the Far North East (1), Saskatoon (13), Central East (6), Regina (504), South Central (38) and South East (28) zones.

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, the per capita testing rate and current numbers of confirmed variants of concern can be found on the Government of Saskatchewan website.

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NITHA numbers

There are 41 active cases of COVID-19 in Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority communities.

These cases are located in the Far North Central, Athabasca (six), Far North West (two), Far North East (26), North Central (three), and North East (four); 3,236 cases (98%) have recovered and one person is currently in hospital.

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