One hundred per cent (100) per cent of long-term care homes across Saskatchewan have now received their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine with ninety-one (91) per cent of residents choosing to receive the vaccine.
Fifty-three (53) per cent of facilities have received both their first and second dose. Nine per cent of long-term care home residents were not immunized due to a variety of circumstances, such as the availability of residents at the time of vaccination, refusal to take the vaccine or a change in health status.
Ninety (90) per cent of personal care homes (PCHs) have now received their first doses. Forty-three (43) per cent have received both their first and second doses.
This achievement comes less than two months after the first long-term care home resident in Saskatchewan received the COVID-19 vaccine.
“Ensuring seniors living in long-term and personal care homes are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 is a priority for the Government of Saskatchewan,” Mental Health and Addictions, Seniors and Rural and Remote Health Minister Everett Hindley said.
“As the supply of vaccine hopefully continues to expand in the coming weeks, we will be able to quickly expand our vaccination efforts for seniors living independently, as well as our other priority groups. We look forward to the day when all Saskatchewan's seniors are fully vaccinated against the threat of COVID-19.”
Since the pandemic began a year ago, there have been over 40 outbreaks declared at long-term and personal care homes in Saskatchewan, resulting in over 100 deaths.
Vaccine Delivery
There were 618 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered yesterday in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 80,236.
The 618 doses were administered in the Far North West (27), Far North Central (11), Far North East (11), North West (6), North Central (44), Saskatoon (425), Central East (88) and South East (6) zones. Data has been updated to include an additional 329 doses administered in the Central East (120) and South East (209) zones on Feb. 26 and 27.
For a listing of first and second doses in Saskatchewan administered by geographic zone, visit https://www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-vaccine-update.
