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By Jeff D’Andrea

COVID-19 provincial report

4,233 COVID-19 vaccines administered; 193 new cases, three deaths, 170 recoveries

Feb 20, 2021 | 2:24 PM

There were 4,233 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered yesterday in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 57,824.

The 4,233 doses were administered in the Far North West (29), Far North East (20), Far North Central (21), North East (65), North Central (11), North West (886), Central East (1,379), South Central (466), Regina (838) and Saskatoon (518). The Far North West zone has reported an additional 11 doses administered on Feb. 18, while the South Central zone has reported an additional 550 doses administered on the same date.

Patience required

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is asking everybody to be as patient as they can for vaccines. They are still in the first phase of their vaccine delivery plan, meaning residents and staff of long-term and personal-care homes, identified health care providers, and those over 70 years old (over 50 in remote areas) will get their jabs first.

The vaccines won’t be administered in mass until Phase 2, which is estimated to begin in April or June according to the government’s website. The SHA asked the public not to contact HealthLine 811 about that, and to wait for the Phase 2 registration system when it becomes available.

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Daily COVID-19 statistics

There are 193 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Saturday, bringing the provincial total to 27,438 cases.

Three Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. One death was reported in the 80+ age group from the North Central zone, one death was reported in 60-69 age group from the Regina zone, and one death was reported in the 70-79 age group from the South East zone.

The new cases are located in the Far North West (16), Far North Central (12), Far North East (10), North West (14), North Central (eight), North East (three), Saskatoon (26), Central West (three), Central East (four), Regina (78), South West (one), South Central (five) and South East (nine) zones, and four cases have pending residence information.

Six cases with pending residence information were assigned to the Far North East (one), North West (two) and North Central (three) zones.

There are a total of 25,468 recoveries and 1,602 cases are considered active.

One hundred and seventy-one people are in hospital. One hundred and fifty-five (155) people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (five), Far North Central (two), Far North East (two), North West (15), North Central (13), North East (two), Saskatoon (59), Central West (one), Central East (eight), Regina (43), South Central (one) and South East (four). Sixteen (16) people are in intensive care: North West (one), North Central (two), Saskatoon (nine), Central East (one), and Regina (three).

There were 2,885 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on Friday.

Note that like most categories of statistics reported, daily testing numbers include those pending by location as noted in the footnotes daily on the Tests By Region page in the dashboard. Total testing numbers will include tests that are still pending by location; those numbers will not appear in the regional statistics until they are assigned.

To date, 556,892 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of Feb. 18, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 466,935 tests performed per million population. The national rate was 617,920 tests performed per million population.

The seven-day average of daily new cases is 150 (12.2 new cases per 100,000), the lowest seven-day average in over three months, and is now available on the Government of Saskatchewan website. This chart compares today’s average to data collected over the past several months. Visit the dashboard for more information.

Assess your risk and get tested

The Government of Saskatchewan continues to recommend against all non-essential.

International travelers must abide by federal testing and quarantine measures. If you have chosen to travel inter-provincially during the break week, get tested as soon as you return to Saskatchewan and plan for a follow up test seven days later.

The presence of new variants across Canada means an elevated risk of bringing more transmissible strains of COVID-19 home. While you cannot test your way out of travel risks, testing is the best tool available to protect your family, friends and all residents of Saskatchewan against COVID-19 if you have travelled.

You do not need to be experiencing symptoms in order to have COVID-19. Find testing options near you here.

NITHA numbers

Facebook/Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority

There are 213 active cases of COVID-19 in Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) communities.

These cases are located in the Far North Central, Athabasca (49), Far North West (31), Far North East (84), North Central (eight), and North East (41). In total, 2,702 cases (92%) have recovered and four people are currently in hospital.
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