(Submitted photo/Saskatchewan Health Authority)

By paNOW Staff

Latest on COVID-19 in the province

6,187 new COVID-19 doses, 248 new cases, 3 deaths

Mar 28, 2021 | 2:07 PM

An additional 6,187 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan- 436 of them across some northern zones- bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 173,696.

Of the 248 new cases, 32 of them are across the north.

The 6,187 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered in the following regions: Far North East (11), North Central (425), Saskatoon (1,917), Central East (1,113), Regina (1,469) and South Central (1,252).

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.

Three-quarters of Saskatchewan residents in their 80s and more than 40 per cent of residents in their 70s have now received their first dose of vaccine:

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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 248 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on March 28, bringing the provincial total to 33,031 cases.

Three Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. Two deaths were reported in the Regina zone in the 80+ age group. One death was reported in the South East zone in the 80+ age group.

The new cases are located in the Far North West (four), Far North East (four), North West (four), North Central (16), North East (four), Saskatoon (24), Central West (one), Central East (10), Regina (130), South West (one), South Central (17) and South East (32) zones. There is one case with pending residence.

There are a total of 30,648 recoveries and 1,950 cases are considered active.

One hundred fifty-five (155) people are in hospital. One hundred and twenty-eight (128) people are receiving inpatient care: Far North East (one), North West (four), North Central (seven), North East (1), Saskatoon (36), Central East (10), Regina (59), South West (one), South Central (one) and South East (8). Twenty-seven (27) people are in intensive care: North West (one), Saskatoon (6), Central East (2), Regina (17), and South West (1).

The seven-day average of daily new cases is 200 (16.3 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. That’s available here.

There were 3,748 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on March 27, 2021.

To date, 656,103 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of March 26, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 549,205 tests performed per million population. The national rate was 716,577 tests performed per million population.

Variants of concern (VOC) are beginning to rise across southern Saskatchewan, particularly in the Moose Jaw area. Moose Jaw residents are urged to follow the same guidelines as outlined for the City of Regina and area. As of March 27, 1,365 variants of concern have been identified by screening in Saskatchewan, reported in the Far North East (one), Saskatoon (17), Central West (one), Central East (25), Regina (1,126), South Central (104) and South East (91) 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 no 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. One VOC case with identified lineage was removed from the Saskatoon total, as it requires further investigation. 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.

Confirmed variant of concern cases may appear in both columns on the website, depending on testing for that case. Adding the cases identified by screening and those that have received whole genome sequencing may result in double-counting individual cases.

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 confirmed variants of concern can be found on the Government of Saskatchewan website. It’s available here.

Moderna Shipment Delay

An expected shipment 21,300 Moderna vaccines will be delayed for six
days. According to the SHA, this delay is from the manufacturer.

The SHA will reschedule appointments accordingly, after an investigation of how many booked appointments will be impacted. The SHA plans on delivering an update on Monday.

(Facebook/NITHA Saskatchewan)

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 West (three), Far North East (27), North Central (four), and North East (20); 3,281 cases (97 per cent) have recovered, and two people are currently in hospital.

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