There are 121 new cases of COVID-19 and 180 recoveries to report in Saskatchewan on March 3, bringing the provincial total to 29,059 cases.
Two Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. The deaths were reported in the 80+ age group from the Regina (1) and Saskatoon (1) zones.
There are no new cases in South East region. Estevan’s Zone 4 still has two active cases.
The new cases are located in the Far North West (2), Far North East (40), North West (6), North Central (6), North East (3), Saskatoon (17), Central West (2), Central East (7), Regina (35), and South West (1) zones. Two (2) cases are pending residence information. One (1) case with pending residence information was assigned to the North West (1) zone.
There are a total of 27,239 recoveries and 1,431 cases are considered active.
One hundred and fifty-three (153) people are in hospital. One hundred and thirty-three (133) people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (3), Far North East (2), North West (11), North Central (14), North East (2), Saskatoon (54), Central West (1), Central East (5), Regina (35), South Central (2) and South East (4). Twenty people are in intensive care: North Central (1), Saskatoon (10), Central East (1) and Regina (8).
There were 2,588 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on March 2.
To date, 582,829 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of March 1, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan's per capita rate was 489,658 tests performed per million population. The national rate was 647,827 tests performed per million population.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 154 (12.5 new cases per 100,000).
Vaccination progress
1,358 more COVID-19 vaccine dose administrations have been reported in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 81,597.
The 1,358 doses of COVID-19 vaccines reported today were administered in the following regions: Far North Central (21), Far North East (11), North West (6), North Central (452), Central East (351) Saskatoon (391), and Regina (126) zones.
As of March 2, 50 per cent of Phase 1 priority healthcare workers received a first dose. This percentage includes healthcare workers from long term care and personal care home facilities.
Pfizer shipments for the week of March 1 have arrived in Regina (3,510) and Saskatoon (3,510). North Battleford (2,340) and Prince Albert (4,680) shipments are expected by end of day March 3.
For a listing of first and second doses in Saskatchewan administered by geographic zone, visit https://www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-vaccine-update.
