COVID-19: Two deaths and 249 new cases, Modern shipment cut in half

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Saskatchewan reported three new deaths and a total of two days in 538 COVID-19 cases this past weekend.

It included 289 new cases reported on Sunday, bringing the provincial total to 38,160 cases.

Of the three deaths, one Sunday was reported in the age group 50-59 years for the central region north, which includes Prince Albert. The other two who died, after testing positive for COVID-19, had one person in their forties from the central eastern zone and one older than 80 from the northwestern zone.

Saskatchewan’s death toll on pandemic now stands at 465.

An additional 11,063 doses of COVID-19 vaccine were given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 345,126.

The vaccines were administered to residents living in the following regions: Saskatoon (3,003), Regina (2,624), South Central (1,270), Southeast (997), North Central (925), Central East (766) ), northwest (638)), southwest (203), northeast (170), central west (129), far northwest (28), far north central (9).

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243 doses were administered while the neighborhood was hanging.

Nearly half of Saskatchewan’s residents over the age of 40 received their first dose.

Meanwhile, the next consignment of Moderna vaccines – which is expected to arrive on April 26 – has been cut in almost half, according to a provincial news release. Initially, Saskatchewan would receive 35,800 doses, but this has now been reduced to 18,800 doses.

“The Ministry of Health is working with the Saskatchewan Health Authority and Canada’s Indigenous Services to determine the potential impact of this reduction on scheduled appointments, and the pharmacy vaccination pilot project, and it will be updated in the coming days. be, “said the release.

Regina’s vaccination clinic for transit has already depleted the supply of vaccines, forcing it to close on Friday night. The province said it expects the clinic to stay for two weeks. The transit clinic in Saskatoon depleted its vaccine supply on Sunday and the SHA announced it would not reopen on Monday.

Friday’s vaccine doses were given in the very northwest (41), far north-central (two), far north-east (225), north-west (1 113), north-central (1 133), north-east (86 ), Saskatoon (2,823), central west (172), central east (652), Regina (2,582), southwestern (334), southern central (655) and southeastern (382) zones. An additional 290 doses await residence information.

The vaccine vaccination discussion remains open to anyone 48 years and older using the province’s online or telephone booking system.

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Drive-in and walk-in clinics are only available to anyone aged 48 to 54.

HEALTH INCLUDES 45 IN ICU

There are 189 people in the hospital, with 144 people receiving inpatients: Regina (66), Saskatoon (42), far northwest (1), northeast (1), northwest (4), north-central (7), north- east (1), central-east (8), south-west (1), south-central (6) and south-east (7). Of the 45 people in intensive care, most are in Regina (30), followed by Saskatoon (10), north-central (2), south-central (2) and central-east (1).

The seven-day average of the new COVID-19 case number is 261 (21.3 new cases per 100,000).

3,623 COVID-19 tests were processed in Saskatchewan on Saturday. To date, 728,491 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan.

Of the new cases, reported on Sunday, Regina again leads with 106 followed by the southeast (41) and Saskatoon (32). Others are located in the far northwest (9), far northeast (2), northwest (21), north-central (12), north-east (2), central-west (7), central-east (26), south western (6) and south central (15) zones.

There are ten new cases with pending residence information. One case was also transferred in the southeast. Five cases were found to be residents outside the province and were removed from the central west (1), central east (1) and Saskatoon (2) zones, and one other case with pending residence information. Two previously unreported cases were added to the Saskatoon Zone and one to pending residence information.

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New cases reported on Saturday were in the far northwest (three), far northeast (three), northwest (14), north-central (10), north-east (seven), Saskatoon (56), central-west ( 12), central east (eight), Regina (73), southwest (18), southern central (eight) and southeast (29) zones. Nine cases tested outside the province have been added to the total number of cases, and another eight cases are awaiting residence information.

More than 300 new variants of concern (VOC) were also confirmed over the weekend, with the largest increases in the province and southern regions. Regina added another 126 VOCs, Saskatoon added 56 and the Southeast added 54. The southwest has 33 more and the southern central zone has added 30.

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