Vaccines in Saskatchewan exceeds 100,000; vaccine appointments expanding to 72-plus

Vaccine booking expanding to 72-plus

Just after one day, the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) will expand its vaccination appointments. Starting on Sunday, those 72 years of age and older will be able to book appointments to receive a vaccine—a day after expanding the program to accommodate those 76 years of age and older.

Those eligible can book their appointments online 24/7 using their health cards at www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-vaccine; or by calling 1-833-SASKVAX (1-833-727-5829) between the hours of 8 a.m. and 11 p.m.

Additional information on eligibility and how to book your appointment is available here.

Submitted photo/Saskatchewan Health Authority

Daily COVID-19 Statistics

There are 153 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on March 13, bringing the provincial total to 30,522 cases.

One Saskatchewan resident who tested positive for COVID-19 has died. The death was reported in the 70-79 age group in the Saskatoon zone.

The new cases are located in the Far North West (two), Far North Central (five), Far North East (eight), North West (nine), North Central (four), North East (seven), Saskatoon (16), Central East (13), Regina (64), South West (one), South Central (14) and South East (five) zones. Five new cases are pending residence information. Three cases with pending residence information were assigned to the North West zone.

There are a total of 28,648 recoveries and 1,469 cases are considered active.

One hundred thirty-three (133) people are in hospital. One hundred and three (103) people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (two), Far North East (one), North West (nine), North Central (six), Saskatoon (45), Central East (four), Regina (32), South Central (two) and South East (two). Thirty (30) people are in intensive care: North West (one), North Central (one), Saskatoon (14), Central East (two) and Regina (12).

There were 2,859 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on March 12.

To date, 608,841 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of March 11, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 510,806 tests performed per million population. The national rate was 675,272 tests performed per million population.

The seven-day average of daily new cases is 133 (10.9 new cases per 100,000), the lowest seven-day average since November 13. A chart comparing today’s average to data collected over the past several months is available on the Government of Saskatchewan website. The province’s dashboard has more information.

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, the per capita testing rate and current numbers of variants of concern can be found here.

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NITHA numbers

There are 91 active cases of COVID-19 in Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority communities.
These cases are located in the Far North Central, Athabasca (11), Far North West (seven), Far North East (67), and North East (six); 3,166 people (96%) have recovered, and three people are currently in hospital.

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Vaccines in Saskatchewan exceeds 100,000; vaccine appointments expanding to 72-plus

Vaccine booking expanding to 72-plus

Daily COVID-19 Statistics

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