There are 264 new cases of COVID-19 and 252 recoveries to report in Saskatchewan on April 30, bringing the provincial total to 41,098 cases. Ten Saskatchewan residents tested out-of-province have been added to the counts for the following zones: North West, 1; Regina, 5; Saskatoon, 3; and South Central, 1.
Four new deaths are reported today in the following groups: One in the 40-49 age group from the Regina zone; one in the 60-69 age group from the Far North East zone; one in the 70-79 age group from the South Central zone; and one in the 60-69 age group with residence pending.
The South East reported 25 new cases. Ten of the new cases are in South East Zone 4, which includes Estevan. There are now 78 active caes in Zone 4, which is up four from April 29.
There are five new cases in South East Zone 3, which includes Weyburn; four new cases in Zone 2, which is north of Zone 4; and six new cases in Zone 1, which is northwest of Zone 1.
The other new cases are located in the following zones: Far North West, 10; North West, 24; North Central, 15; North East, 5; Saskatoon, 63; Central West, 2; Central East, 11; Regina, 79; South West, 11; and South Central, 14. Five new cases are pending residence information. Three cases pending residence have been assigned to the following zones: North Central, 1; North West, 1; and South East, 1.
Recoveries total 38,181 and 2,426 cases are considered active.
There are 173 people in hospital. One hundred and thirty-six people are receiving inpatient care: Far North East, 1; North West, 6; North Central, 4; Saskatoon, 54; Central East, 8; Regina, 52; South West, 1; South Central, 3; and South East, 7. Thirty-seven people are in intensive care: North West, 1; North Central, 2; Saskatoon, 9; Central East, 2; and Regina, 23.
The seven-day average of new COVID-19 case number is 241 (19.7 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 3,916 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on April 29, 2021.
To date, 769,787 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of April 28, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan's per capita rate was 645,615 tests performed per million population. The national rate was 824,233.
As of April 29, 6,794 variants of concern have been identified by screening in Saskatchewan, reported in the following zones: Far North West, 121; Far North East, 3; North West, 203; North Central, 111; North East, 20; Saskatoon, 765; Central West, 81; Central East, 296; Regina, 3,717; South West, 184; South Central, 510; and South East, 700. There are 83 screened VOCs with residence pending.
There are 130 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 1,653 (66 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.
Vaccination update
An additional 5,758 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 427,739.
The 5,758 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered to residents living in the following zones: Far North West, 225; Far North Central, 3; Far North East, 190; North West, 851; North Central, 651; North East, 471; Saskatoon, 1,576; Central West, 148; Central East, 193; Regina, 581; South West, 162; South Central, 115; and South East, 417. There were 175 doses administered with zone of residence pending.
Eighty-one per cent of Saskatchewan residents over age 60 have received their first dose. Sixty-one per cent of those 40+ have received their first dose. Forty-one 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 at https://dashboard.saskatchewan.ca/health-wellness. As the source database for vaccine information, Panorama is subject to continuous data updates which may result in revised counts, day over day.
Saskatchewan is scheduled to receive 9,300 doses of Janssen vaccine the week of May 3. This vaccine will primarily be offered in drive-thru vaccination clinics with details available in the coming days.
