The Canadian Press

By paNOW Staff

COVID-19 Update

Province announces 189 new cases and 291 recoveries

May 4, 2021 | 2:56 PM

The province is reporting another 189 new cases and 274 recoveries in the province on May 4. This brings the provincial total to 42,006 cases; 39,202 recoveries and 2,305 cases are considered active.

Twelve cases tested out-of-province have been added to the following zones: North Central, one; North East, one; Regina, one; Saskatoon, five; South Central, one; and three cases are pending residence information.

Two new deaths are reported today. One death was reported in the 70-79 age group from the Far North West. One death occurred in February but is being reported today in the 19 and under age group from the North West zone; this death is being reported upon the completion of an investigation that determined the cause to be COVID-19. One death with pending residence has been deemed out-of-province and removed from the counts.

The new cases in northern Saskatchewan are located in the following zones: Far North West, seven; North West, 27; North Central, six; and North East, two zones. Six new cases are pending residence information. Twenty-three cases pending residence information have been assigned to the following zones: Central East, one; North West, seven; South Central, one; and Regina, 14.

An additional 189 new cases have been reported in Saskatchewan as of May 4. (Government of Saskatchewan)

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NITHA Saskatchewan

There are 32 active cases of COVID-19 in NITHA communities.

These cases are located in the Far North Central, Athabasca (one), Far North West (22), Far North East (three), North Central (0), and North East (six). There have been 3,446 cases (98 per cent) that have recovered.

According to NITHA Saskatchewan, there are 32 active cases in COVID-19 in NITHA communities. (NITHA Saskatchewan/Facebook)

There are 174 people in hospital. One hundred and thirty-three people are receiving inpatient care: Far North East, one; North West, seven; North Central, three; North East, two; Saskatoon, 54; Central East, three; Regina, 52; South West, two; South Central, four; and South East, five. Forty-one people are in intensive care: North Central, one; Saskatoon, 14; Central East, two; Regina, 23; and South Central, one.

There currently 174 people in Saskatchewan being hospitalized for COVID-19, including 41 people who are currently in intensive care. (Government of Saskatchewan)

As of May 3, 7,417 variants of concern have been identified by screening in Saskatchewan, reported in the following zones: Far North West, 141; Far North East, two; North West, 236; North Central, 145; North East, 28; Saskatoon, 867; Central West, 87; Central East, 309; Regina, 3,983; South West, 219; South Central, 553; and South East, 744. There are 103 screened VOCs with residence pending.

There are currently 2,305 active cases of COVID-19 across the province as of May 4. (Submitted photo/Government of Saskatchewan)

There are no new lineage results reported today. Of the 2,522 VOCs with lineages identified by whole genome sequencing in Saskatchewan, 2,491 are B.1.1.1.7 (UK), 22 are P.1 (Brazilian) and nine are B.1.351 (SA). The Regina zone accounts for 1,678 (67 per cent) of the VOC cases with confirmed lineage reported in Saskatchewan.

Please note that these VOCs may have been initially identified by means other than screening (i.e. selection for whole-genome sequencing without screening). Whole-genome sequencing results to identify lineage are included in the screening results. 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.

Vaccines Reported

An additional 9,924 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 460,747.

The 9,924 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered to residents living in the following zones: Far North West, 48; Far North Central, two; Far North East, 10; North West, 439; North Central, 498; North East, 182; Saskatoon, 2,831; Central West, 175; Central East, 757; Regina, 3,289; South West, 459; South Central, 472; and South East, 425. There were 337 doses administered with zone of residence pending.

The province reported on May 4 9,924 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Saskatchewan. This brings the provincial total to 460,747. (Government of Saskatchewan)

Eighty-two per cent of Saskatchewan residents over age 60 have received their first dose. Sixty-five per cent of those 40+ have received their first dose. Forty-four per cent of those 18+ have received their first dose.

For the full media release on COVID-19 click here.

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