There are 358 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on April 9, bringing the provincial total to 35,748 cases.
There are six new deaths to report. One death in the 40-49 age group from the Regina zone; four deaths in the 70-79 age group in the Regina (2), Saskatoon (1), and South East (1) zones; and one death in the 80+ age group from the Regina zone.
Thirty-nine people with COVID-19 have died in South East Saskatchewan, and 453 people with the virus have died in Saskatchewan.
Sixty-three new cases are from the South East region – a new single-day high. Twenty cases are from South East Zone 4, which includes Estevan. That is also a single-day high. There are now 69 active cases in Zone 4, which is the highest number to date.
There are also 25 new cases in South East Zone 3, which includes Weyburn, five new cases in South East Zone 2, which is north of Zone 4, and 13 new cases in South East Zone 1, which is northwest of Zone 4.
The other new cases are located in the Far North West (6), North West (30), North Central (14), North East (7), Saskatoon (64), Central West (3), Central East (19), Regina (108), South West (4) and South Central (8) zones. Thirty-two (32) new cases have pending residence information. One case with pending residence information has been assigned to the North West zone.
There have been 160 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 32,958. Five of the recoveries are in the South East.
A total of 2,337 cases are considered active, including 279 in the South East.
Two hundred and six people are in hospital. One hundred and sixty-three (163) people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (2), Far North East (1), North West (5), North Central (3), North East (1), Saskatoon (42), Central East (14), Regina (82), South Central (3) and South East (10). The number of people in hospital in the South East is up one from April 8.
Forty-three (43) people are in intensive care: North Central (5), Saskatoon (7), Central East (3), Regina (25) and South Central (3).
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 242 (19.7 new cases per 100,000). A chart comparing today's average to data collected over the past several months is available on the Government of Saskatchewan website at https://dashboard.saskatchewan.ca/health-wellness/covid-19/seven-day-average-of-new-covid-cases.
There were 3,914 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on April 8, including 504 in the South East.
To date, 697,515 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of April 7, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan's per capita rate was 584,301 tests performed per million population. The national rate was 751,977 tests performed per million population.
As of April 8, 3,086 variants of concern have been identified by screening in Saskatchewan, reported in the Far North West (2), Far North East (4), North West (7), North Central (24), Saskatoon (189), Central West (13), Central East (71), Regina (2,189), South West (19), South Central (266), and South East (283) zones. There are 19 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.
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.
Variants of concern (VOC) are beginning to rise across southern Saskatchewan, particularly in the Moose Jaw, Weyburn and Estevan areas. Residents in these areas are urged to adhere to best personal protective measures.
An additional 11,634 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 256,280. This is the highest daily doses administered to date.
The 11,634 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered to residents living in the following regions: Far North West (370), Far North Central (1), Far North East (171), North West (835), North Central (987), North East (977), Saskatoon (3,328), Central West (244), Central East (782), Regina (1,716), South West (464), South Central (685) and South East (783). There were 291 doses administered with zone of residence pending.
Forty-five 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 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.
