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By Jeff D’Andrea

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224 new COVID cases, 1,240 variants of concern, no new deaths

Mar 27, 2021 | 2:38 PM

An additional 4,814 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, including over 450 in the northern zones, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 167,509.

The figures were part of the province’s daily update which also reported no deaths, and 38 new cases across Northern zones.

The 4,814 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered in the following regions: Far North Central (10), Far North East (11), North West (203), North Central (239), Saskatoon (1,517), Central East (1,371), Regina (1,372) and South Central (91).

The appointment booking system is currently available to residents 62 years and older. These residents are encouraged to book their COVID-19 vaccinations and can do so online or by phone. Additional information on how to book your appointment is available here.

Almost three-quarters of Saskatchewan residents in their 80s and more than a third of residents in their 70s have now received their first.

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For a listing of first and second doses in Saskatchewan administered by geographic zone, visit here.

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Daily COVID-19 Statistics

There are 224 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on March 27, bringing the provincial total to 32,783 cases.

The new cases are located in the Far North West (four), Far North East (two), North West (10), North Central (nine), North East (13), Saskatoon (28), Central West (four), Central East (three), Regina (122), South Central (18) and South East (11) zones. Four cases with pending residence have been assigned to the following zones: North West (one), North East (one), and Regina (two).

There are a total of 30,536 recoveries and 1,817 cases are considered active.

One hundred fifty-two (152) people are in hospital. One hundred and twenty-seven (127) people are receiving inpatient care: Far North East (one), North West (five), North Central (seven), North East (one), Saskatoon (38), Central East (9), Regina (56), South West (one), South Central (one) and South East (eight). Twenty-five (25) people are in intensive care: Saskatoon (five), Central East (two), Regina (16), South West (one), and South Central (one).

The seven-day average of daily new cases is 190 (15.5 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. Please visit https://dashboard.saskatchewan.ca/health-wellness/covid-19/seven-day-average-of-new-covid-cases.

There were 4,103 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on March 26, 2021.

To date, 652,355 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of March 25, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 545,282 tests performed per million population. The national rate was 713,326 tests performed per million population.

Variants of concern (VoC) are beginning to rise across southern Saskatchewan, particularly in the Moose Jaw area. As of March 26, 1,240 variants of concern (VOC) have been identified by screening in Saskatchewan, reported in the Far North East (one), Saskatoon (18), Central West (one), Central East (24), Regina (1,041), South Central (80) and South East (75) zones. These have previously been reported as “presumptive positives” but all screening tests will be considered confirmed VOCs for the purposes of public reporting and contact investigations.

There are 21 new lineage results reported today. Of the 494 VOCs with lineages identified by whole genome sequencing in Saskatchewan, 486 are B1.1.1.7 (UK) and eight are B1.351 (SA). The Regina zone accounts for 410 (or 83 per cent) of the VOC cases with confirmed lineage reported in Saskatchewan. Please note that these VOC may have been initially identified via means other than screening (i.e. selection for whole genome sequencing without screening) and that whole-genome sequencing results to identify lineage are included in the screening results.

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NITHA numbers

There are 54 active cases of COVID-19 in Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority communities.

These cases are located in the Far North Central, Athabasca (1), Far North West (4), Far North East (23), North Central (7), and North East (19). 3274 cases (98%) have recovered, and 1 person is currently in hospital.

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