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238 COVID-19 new cases, 253 recoveries, one new death

May 2, 2021 | 2:03 PM

An additional 8,527 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 443,669.

The 8,527 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered to residents living in the following zones: Far North West, 86; Far North Central, eight; Far North East, 22; North West, 714; North Central, 562; North East, 111; Saskatoon, 1,804; Central West, 141; Central East, 748; Regina, 2,659; South West, 36; South Central, 491; and South East, 834. There were 311 doses administered with zone of residence pending.

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

All vaccine administration details for the province, including first and second doses, can be found here. As the source database for vaccine information, Panorama is subject to continuous data updates which may result in revised counts, day over day.

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There are 238 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on May 2, bringing the provincial total to 41,599 cases. One case found to be an out-of-province resident was removed from the pending residence total. Two cases not previously reported were added to the North Central total.

One new death is reported today in the 60-69 age group from the Central East zone.

The new cases are located in the following zones: Far North West, 19; Far North East, one; North West, 22; North Central, 23; North East, four; Saskatoon, 40; Central West, eight; Central East, eight; Regina, 59; South West, five; South Central, 21; and South East, 22. Six new cases are pending residence information. Four cases pending residence information have been assigned to the following zones: North West, one; North Central, two; and Regina, one.

Recoveries total 38,667 and 2,437 cases are considered active.

There are 167 people in hospital. One hundred and twenty-eight people are receiving inpatient care: Far North East, one; North West, three; North Central, three; Saskatoon, 53; Central East, six; Regina, 53; South West, one; South Central, three; and South East, five. Thirty-nine people are in intensive care: North Central, one; Saskatoon, 14; Central East, two; Regina, 21; and South Central, one.

The seven-day average of new COVID-19 case number is 236 (19.3 new cases 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 3,354 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on May 1.

To date, 776,997 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of April 30, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 652,209 tests performed per million population. The national rate was 832,248.

As of May 1, 7,160 variants of concern have been identified by screening in Saskatchewan, reported in the following zones: Far North West, 141 Far North East, three; North West, 219; North Central, 131; North East, 24; Saskatoon, 819; Central West, 86; Central East, 318; Regina, 3,837; South West, 210; South Central, 542; and South East, 738. There are 92 screened VOCs with residence pending.

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 1,657 (66 per cent) of the VOC cases with confirmed lineage reported in Saskatchewan.

Facebook/NITHA Saskatchewan

NITHA numbers

There are 31 active cases of COVID-19 in Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority communities.

These cases are located in the Far North Central, Athabasca (one), Far North West (21), Far North East (one), North Central (two), and North East (six); 3,439 cases (98 per cent) have recovered.

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