Today, Health Canada has approved the use of the Johnson and Johnson (Janssen) COVID-19 Vaccine in Canada. The Johnson and Johnson (Janssen) vaccine is approved for people 18 years and over and requires only one dose. Recommended storage and transportation is from 2-8 degrees Celsius. Shipment dates and quantities are not yet available.

An additional 2,789 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 86,879.

The 2,789 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered in the following regions: Far North Central (22), North West (544), North Central (60), Central East (120), South East (30) Saskatoon (850), and Regina (1,163).

COVID-19 Update

Two Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. One (1) death was reported in the 60-69 age group from the Regina zone, and one (1) death was reported in the 80+ age group from the Saskatoon zone.

There are 207 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on March 5, bringing the provincial total to 29,432 cases. The new cases are located in the Far North West (23), Far North Central (2), Far North East (13), North West (20), North Central (13), North East (8), Saskatoon (45), Central East (18), Regina (43), South West (2), South Central (5), and South East (5) zones. Ten (10) cases are pending residence information. Four (4) cases with pending residence information were assigned to the North Central zone. Five (5) cases tested out-of-province were Saskatchewan residents and added to the counts.

There are a total of 27,532 recoveries and 1,507 cases are considered active.

One hundred and thirty-eight (138) people are in hospital. One hundred and eighteen (118) people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (3), Far North East (2), North West (11), North Central (9), North East (3), Saskatoon (52), Central West (1), Central East (4), Regina (31), and South East (2). Twenty people are in intensive care: North Central (2), Saskatoon (9), Central East (1) and Regina (8).

There were 3,289 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on March 4, 2021.

To date, 589,109 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan.