An additional 12,615 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 268,895.
This is the highest daily doses administered to date.
The 12,615 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported April 10 were administered to residents living in the following regions: Far North West (268), Far North Central (7), 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-plus 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.
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. A total of 453 people with COVID-19 have died in Saskatchewan.
Thirty more cases have been diagnosed in the South East region, including six in Estevan’s South East Zone 4. There are now 75 active cases in Zone 4, which is the highest total for Zone 4.
There are 11 new cases in South East Zone 3, which includes Weyburn; two in South East Zone 2, which is north of Zone 4; and 11 new cases in Zone 1, which is northwest of Zone 4.
The other new cases are located in the Far North West (6), Far North East (2), North West (11), North Central (5), North East (4), Saskatoon (35), Central West (2), Central East (7), Regina (91), South West (10) and South Central (19) zones. Fourteen new cases have pending residence information.
Three cases with pending residence information have been assigned to North Central (1), Regina (1) and South East (1) zones.
Another 191 people have recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries to 33,149. Sixteen of the recoveries are in the South East, but none are in Zone 4.
A total of 2,381 cases are considered active, including 293 in the South East.
One hundred and ninety-two people are in hospital. One hundred and forty-six (146) people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (2), Far North East (1), North West (4), North Central (3), North East (2), Saskatoon (38), Central East (13), Regina (75), South Central (2) and South East (6). The number of people in hospital in the South East is down four from April 9.
Forty-six people are in intensive care: North Central (5), Saskatoon (9), Central East (3), Regina (24) South West (2) and South Central (3).
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 235 (19.2 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.
There were 3,439 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on April 9, including 357 in the South East.
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 (2), Far North East (4), North West (8), North Central (26), North East (2), 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.
Variants of concern (VOC) are beginning to rise across southern Saskatchewan, particularly in the Moose Jaw, Estevan and Weyburn areas.
