An additional 4,245 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 108,669.

The 4,245 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered in the following regions: Far North West (11), Far North East (111), North West (734), North Central (177), Saskatoon (484), Central East (108), Regina (2,055), South West (188) South Central (218) and South East (159).

COVID-19 Update

Two Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. The deaths were reported in the 30-39 age group in the Regina zone and the 80+ age group in the Far North West zone.

There are 156 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on March 16, bringing the provincial total to 30,883 cases. The new cases are located in the Far North West (2), Far North East (7), North West (7), Saskatoon (16), Central West (1), Central East (4), Regina (101), South West (3), South Central (1) and South East (8) zones. Six (6) new cases are pending residence information. Two (2) cases with pending residence information were assigned to the North Central (1) and North East (1) zones.

There are a total of 29,182 recoveries and 1,292 cases are considered active. This is the lowest number of active cases since November 9.

One hundred thirty-eight (138) people are in hospital. One hundred and seven (107) people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (3), Far North East (1), North West (7), North Central (6), Saskatoon (42), Central East (6), Regina (40), South Central (1) and South East (1). Thirty-one (31) people are in intensive care: North West (1), Saskatoon (15), Central East (3), Regina (11) and South Central (1).

There were 2,461 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on March 15, 2021.

To date, 615,067 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan.