205 new COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan with one new death

Someone over the age of 80 in the province’s northwest has become the 487th person in Saskatchewan to die as a result of COVID-19.

That announcement comes as the province tells us about 205 new cases on Wednesday with 244 recoveries putting the active case count at 2,408.  Of those 2,408, 794 are from the Regina zone.

 

Daily COVID-19 map for April 29, 2021

Thursday’s new cases are located in the Far North West, 16; Far North East, 1; North West, 11; North Central, 4; North East, 3; Saskatoon, 32; Central West, 2; Central East, 11; Regina, 73; South West, 9; South Central, 13; and South East, 24.

There are 186 people in hospital with 38 in intensive care including 22 in Regina.

The seven-day daily average now stands at 239.

128 new variants of concern have been identified.  In all 6,572 VoC’s have been identified by screening with over 3,600 in the Regina region.

Cases infected with a variant of concern (VoC), as of April 29, 2021

Zone VoCs Detected
by Screening
VoCs Sequenced
(WGS)
B.1.1.7 UK B.1.351 SA P.1 Brazilian
Far North West 96 5 5
Far North East 3
North West 185 24 14  10
North Central 104 24 15 9
North East 14
Saskatoon 730 33 32  1
Central West 81 10 10
Central East 290 85 85
Regina 3,632 1,607 1,607
South West 178 54 46 8
South Central 496 289 287 2
South East 682 258 258
Pending 81 3 3
Totals 6,572 2,392 2,362 9 21

On the vaccine front, 6,218 vaccines were administered Wednesday with Saskatoon and Regina seeing the most.

This week’s shipment of Pfizer vaccine (31,590 doses) has arrived and is being distributed while 18,800 doses of Moderna is expected to arrive before Thursday is over.

 

 

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