87 new cases, 114 recoveries and one death. Those are the numbers coming from the Ministry of Health on Wednesday on COVID-19 in Saskatchewan.
The death is a person who was over the age of 80 living in the northwest zone. It brings the provincial death toll to 410.
Of the 87 cases, 27 come from Regina which is a spot of concern. The other new cases are located in the Far North West (2), Far North East (5), North West (5), North Central (1), North East (8), Saskatoon (20), Central East (7), South West (1), South Central (2) and South East (5) zones. The amount of active cases is now at 1,264
139 people are in hospital with 31 of those getting intensive care.
The seven-day daily average of daily new cases is 135 or 11.0 new cases per 100,000 population.
As of March 17, there are no new confirmed variants of concern (VOC) cases to report. There are 135 confirmed variants of concern cases in Saskatchewan: 129 B1.1.1.7 (UK) and six B1.351 (SA). One previously reported B1.1.1.7 (UK) variant case was identified as a duplicate and removed. The Regina zone accounts for 121 (or 90 per cent) of the confirmed VOC cases reported in Saskatchewan.
In addition to the confirmed cases, there are currently 313 presumptive VOC cases reported in the Far North East (1), Saskatoon (6), Central East (5), Regina (264), South Central (23) and South East (14) zones.
4,096 doses of COVID-19 vaccine were delivered on Tuesday. 2,392 of those doses occurred in Regina where the AstraZeneca vaccine is being delivered at a drive thru clinic for those aged 60-64
