One Death, 219 New Cases of COVID-19 Reported

One person has died and 219 new cases of COVID-19 were reported on Monday, along with 212 recoveries. 

The person who died was in their 60s in the Saskatoon zone.

Of the new cases, 20 are in the south-central region, 110 are in Regina, 44 are in Saskatoon, three in the far north west, eight in the north west, four in the north central, four in the north east, one is in the central west, 12 in central east, one in the south west and 10 in the south east. Two new cases are pending resident information. 

2,202 cases are considered active, with 170 of those located in the sub-region 'south-central 2', which is made up of Moose Jaw and the surrounding area, including 20 new cases on Monday. 

There are 195 people are in the hospital with 148 receiving inpatient care, and 47 in intensive care. 

Variants 

As of April 4, 2,453 variants of concern have been identified by screening in Saskatchewan, reported in the Far North East (4) North West (3), North Central (18), Saskatoon (151), Central West (12), Central East (41), Regina (1,756), South West (10), South Central (204) and South East (195) zones. There are 59 cases with area of residence pending. 

These were previously reported as "presumptive positives" but all screening tests will be considered confirmed VOCs for the purposes of public reporting and contact investigations.   

Vaccines 

An additional 7,241 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 221,533. 

The 7,241 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered in the following regions: Far North West (15), Far North East (55), North West (638), North Central (766), North East (67), Saskatoon (1,507), Central West (60), Central East (386), Regina (2,122), South West (268), South Central (705) and South East (504).  There were 148 doses administered with zone of residence pending.