(Submitted photo/Saskatchewan Health Authority)

By paNOW Staff

Latest from the province

52 new COVID-19 cases, 55 recoveries, no new deaths

Jun 24, 2021 | 2:08 PM

There are 52 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Thursday, bringing the provincial total to 48,590 cases. This is the first time since Monday where cases have exceeded 50.

The new cases located in northern Saskatchewan are in the following zones: Far North West, four; Far North Central, one; Far North East, one; North West, 10; and North Central, seven. One case is pending residence information.

No new deaths are being reported today.

Recoveries total 47,420 and 605 cases are considered active.

(Government of Saskatchewan)

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There are 76 people in hospital. Sixty-two are receiving inpatient care: Far North West, one; North West, six; North Central, seven; Saskatoon, 29; Central East, three; Regina, 13; and South Central, three. Fourteen people are in intensive care: North West, two; North Central, two; Saskatoon, five; and Regina, five.

The seven-day average of new COVID-19 case number is 55 (4.5 per 100,000).

There were 1,834 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on June 23, 2021.

To date, 907,701 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of June 22, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 764,371 tests performed per million population. The national rate was 956,309.

(Government of Saskatchewan)

Vaccines Reported

An additional 24,971 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 1,048,669.

The additional 24,971 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered to residents living in the following zones: Far North West, 530; Far North Central, 27; Far North East, 376; North West, 906; North Central, 1,652; North East, 1,503; Saskatoon, 6,561; Central West, 856; Central East, 2,620; Regina, 5,114; South West, 1,101; South Central, 1,232; and South East, 1,857. There were 636 doses administered with zone of residence pending.

Eighty per cent of those over the age of 40+ have received their first dose. Seventy-five per cent of those 30+ have received their first dose. Seventy one per cent of those 18+ have received their first dose, while sixty-nine per cent of those 12+ have also received their first dose.

Saskatchewan has received an additional confirmed Moderna allocation for the week of June 28. With the largest shipment to-date, Saskatchewan has been allocated 120,960 doses.

NITHA numbers

There are 37 active cases of COVID-19 in NITHA communities.

These cases are located in the Far North Central (Athabasca), one; Far North West, 20; Far North East, 14; North Central, 2; 3,640 cases (98 per cent) have recovered, and four people are hospitalized.

(Facebook/NITHA Saskatchewan)

The full Thursday update from the Government of Saskatchewan is available here.

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