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New daily record of 12,615 COVID-19 vaccines given in Saskatchewan, 236 new cases

Apr 10, 2021 | 1:56 PM

A new one-day record of COVID-19 vaccine was given in Saskatchewan. There were 12,615 vaccines administered, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 268,895.

The 12,615 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered to residents living in the following regions: Far North West (268), Far North Central (seven), Far North East (225), North West (776), North Central (704), North East (964), Saskatoon (2,321), Central West (700), Central East (1,588), Regina (1,565), South West (871), South Central (578) and South East (1,664). There were 384 doses administered with zone of residence pending.

Forty-seven per cent of Saskatchewan residents age 50+ have received their first dose. All vaccine administration details for the province, including first and second doses, can be found on the dashboard. 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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Daily COVID-19 statistics

There are 236 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on April 10, bringing the provincial total to 35,983 cases. One case was found to be from out of province and was removed from the South East zone.

There are no new deaths to report today.

The new cases are located in the Far North West (six), Far North East (two), North West (11), North Central (five), North East (four), Saskatoon (35), Central West (two), Central East (seven), Regina (91), South West (10), South Central (19) and South East (30) zones. Fourteen (14) new cases have pending residence information. Three cases with pending residence information have been assigned to North Central (one), Regina (one) and South East (one) zones. There are a total of 33,149 recoveries and 2,381 cases are considered active.

One hundred and ninety-two (192) people are in hospital. One hundred and forty-six (146) people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (two), Far North East (one), North West (four), North Central (three), North East (two), Saskatoon (38), Central East (13), Regina (75), South Central (two) and South East (six). Forty-six (46) people are in intensive care: North Central (five), Saskatoon (nine), Central East (three), Regina (24) South West (two) and South Central (three).

The seven-day average of daily new cases is 235 (19.2 new cases per 100,000).

There were 3,439 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on April 9, 2021.

To date, 700,954 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of April 8, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 587,621 tests performed per million population. The national rate was 755,833 tests performed per million population.

As of April 9, 3,212 variants of concern have been identified by screening in Saskatchewan, reported in the Far North West (two), Far North East (four), North West (eight), North Central (26), North East (two), Saskatoon (190), Central West (14), Central East (80), Regina (2,253), South West (26), South Central (285) and South East (301) zones. There are 21 cases with residence pending.

These were previously reported as “presumptive positives,” but all screening tests will be considered confirmed VOCs for the purposes of public reporting and contact investigations.

There are 485 new lineage results being reported today. Of the 1,435 VOCs with lineages identified by whole genome sequencing in Saskatchewan, 1,426 are B.1.1.1.7 (UK) and nine are B.1.351 (SA). The Regina zone accounts for 1,117 (78 per cent) of the VOC cases with confirmed lineage reported in Saskatchewan.

Please note that these VOC may have been initially identified via means other than screening (i.e. selection for whole genome sequencing without screening) and that 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 healthcare 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.

All public health measures extended to April 26

The chief medical health officer has extended the provincial public health orders announced March 9, and the Regina and area revisions announced March 24. The orders will remain in effect until April 26, and will be reviewed at that time.

Due to increased COVID-19 transmission risk in Regina and area, revisions were made March 24 including: restricting private indoor gatherings to immediate household members only; all restaurants and licensed establishments must close for in-person dining; and most event venues supporting 30 persons or less are not permitted to operate.

Travel is also not recommended in or out of the Regina area unless absolutely necessary. It is strongly recommended that all individuals in the Regina area able to work from home do so.

Full details on current public health measures can be found at www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-measures.

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NITHA numbers

There are 44 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 (19), Far North East (22), and North East (two). in all, 3,344 cases (98%) have recovered and one person is in hospital.

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