Saskatchewan’s Pfizer allocation for this week has arrived in Saskatoon (975 doses) and Prince Albert (1,950 doses). The allocations for North Battleford (1,950 doses) and Yorkton (975) are scheduled to arrive by end of day February 3, 2021. Saskatchewan’s Moderna allocation is scheduled to arrive by February 6.

There were 177 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered yesterday in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 35,763. As of February 3, 109 per cent of the doses received have been administered. This overage is due to efficiencies in drawing extra doses from vials of vaccine received.

The doses were administered in the following zones: Far North Central (10), Central East (11), and Saskatoon (156). Back-dated corrections submitted to February 1 have realized an additional 11 doses of vaccine administered in the Central East zone.

COVID-19 Update

Eight Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. One reported death was in the 40-49 age group in the Regina (1) zone; one reported death was in the 60-69 age group in the Regina (1) zone; three reported deaths were in the 70-79 age group in the Central East (1), Far North East (1), and North West (1) zones; and three reported deaths were in the 80+ age group in the Far North East (1) and South East (2) zones.

There are 194 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on February 3, bringing the provincial total to date to 24,430 cases. The new cases are located in the Far North West (11), Far North Central (2), Far North East (6), North West (26), North Central (10), North East (8), Saskatoon (49), Central West (1), Central East (5), Regina (62), South West (1) and South East (7) zones, with six (6) cases pending residence information.

One case pending residence information has been assigned to the Far North West zone. A total of 21,854 individuals have recovered and 2,254 cases are considered active.

On February 2, there were 194 people in hospital: 164 individuals receiving in-patient care and 30 individuals in ICU. With the update to data reporting, the data for February 2 was not available by zone.

On February 3, 185 people are in hospital. One hundred and fifty-nine (159) people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (5), Far North East (1), North West (17), North Central (18), North East (2), Saskatoon (58), Central West (1), Central East (12), Regina (42), South Central (1) and South East (2). Twenty-six (26) people are in intensive care: North West (1), North Central (1), Saskatoon (11), Central East (4), and Regina (9).

There were 2,780 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on February 2, 2021.

To date, 515,292 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan.