Two deaths and 191 new cases of COVID-19 were reported on Wednesday, along with 176 recoveries.

Of the two residents who had tested positive for COVID-19 and died, one was in their 70s from the Regina zone, and the other was in the 80+ age group from the southwest.

Of the new cases, 20 are in the south-central region, 98 are in Regina, 20 are in Saskatoon, 15 are in the southeast, 15 are in the central-east, six in the southwest, five in the north-central zone, three in the northwest, three in the northeast, and one in the far northeast. Five new cases are pending resident information.

1,955 cases are considered active, with 121 of those located in the sub-region 'south-central 2', which is made up of Moose Jaw and the surrounding area.

166 people are in hospital with 143 receiving inpatient care, and 23 are in intensive care.

Variants

As of March 30, 1,673 variants of concern have been identified by screening in Saskatchewan, reported in the Far North East (1), North Central (6), Saskatoon (46), Central West (5), Central East (26), Regina (1,348), South West (1), South Central (128) and South East (109) zones. The 28 new VOCs reported in the Saskatoon zone are results from VOC screening positives COVID-19 cases tested between March 24 and 29.

Vaccines

An additional 8,491 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 192,927.

The 8,491 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered in the following regions: Far North West (295), Far North Central (2), Far North East (610), North Central (141), North East (509), Saskatoon (2,080), Central West (1,135), Central East (751), Regina (1,201), South Central (1,144) and South East (623).

Pfizer shipments were received yesterday for Regina (14,040 doses), Saskatoon (15,210 doses), North Battleford (2,340 doses), Prince Albert (3,510 doses), and Yorkton (1,170 doses) Moderna has confirmed 855,600 doses for Canada the week of April 5. Saskatchewan shipments will include the remaining deliveries from the previous week.