Saskatchewan is reporting two more deaths from residents who tested positive for COVID-19, along with 173 new cases and 189 more recoveries.
Friday’s report shows one of the deaths was a person in the 70 to 79 age group from the Far North East, and the other death in the 80-plus category from the North West zone.
New cases are located in the following zones: Far North West, 4; Far North East, 2; North West, 24; North Central, 13; North East, 1; Saskatoon, 34; Central West, 6; Central East, 25; Regina, 30; South West, 3; South Central, 6; and South East, 18.
Active case count is moved to 1,776 with the seven-day average at 162 or just over 13 new cases per 100,000 population. Hospitalizations are at 132 with 107 in inpatient care and 25 people in ICUs.
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As of Thursday, 9,820 variants of concern have been identified by screening in Saskatchewan, reported in the following zones: Far North West, 226; Far North East, 20; North West, 521; North Central, 347; North East, 56; Saskatoon, 1,430; Central West, 105; Central East, 517; Regina, 4,498; South West, 332; South Central, 703; and South East, 1,006. Of the 5,056 variant of concern cases with lineages identified by whole genome sequencing in Saskatchewan, 4,936 are B.1.1.1.7 (UK), 98 are P.1 (Brazilian), 12 are B.1.617 (Indian) and 10 are B.1.351 (SA).
An additional 10,347 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, which brings the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 630,583.
Seventy-five per cent of those over the age of 40 have received their first dose, 69 per cent of those 30 and over have received their first dose and 61 per cent of those 18 and over have received their first dose.
| Status of Population Vaccinations, as of May 20, 2021 | |||
| Group | Estimated Population |
Received First Dose |
Fully Vaccinated |
| Age 80+ | 51,307 | 45,631 (89%) | 15,789 (31%) |
| Age 70-79 | 79,818 | 70,159 (88%) | 6,302 (8%) |
| Age 60-69 | 138,471 | 113,770 (82%) | 6,217 (4%) |
| Age 50-59 | 147,466 | 103,578 (70%) | 7,535 (5%) |
| Age 40-49 | 151,896 | 94,708 (62%) | 6,468 (4%) |
| Age 30-39 | 183,246 | 88,019 (48%) | 6,435 (4%) |
| Age 18-29 | 189,909 | 58,373 (31%) | 4,618 (2%) |
| Age 12-17 | 90,987 | 2,851 (3%) | 68 (0%) |
(Table: Government of Saskatchewan)
