It's a mark of how far Saskatchewan has come in the battle against COVID-19 in recent weeks that today's new case numbers from the Saskatchewan Health Authority would be considered quite a jump up. Today marked more new cases than the two days previous, however.

The SHA reported 53 new cases of COVID-19 today for a total of 49,039. There were also 40 additional recoveries for a total of 48,150. This leaves 319 active cases of the virus in Saskatchewan. There are 64 people hospitalized due to the virus. The seven-day average of daily new cases is 31.

Also today, the SHA reported one more person who tested positive for COVID-19 has died. The patient was in their 40s and was a resident of the North West zone. 

Today's new cases are located in the following zones: Far North West, 5; Far North East, 3; North West, 1; North Central, 5; Saskatoon, 6; Central West, 3; Regina, 13; and South West, 10. There are seven cases with pending residence information, and one case that was waiting for residence information was assigned to the South East. Seven other cases, however, were reassigned out of province. 

Yesterday, there were 2,396 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan. There were also 13,719 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered for a total of 1,247,253. As of today, 50 percent of the population over the age of 12 is fully vaccinated.