Active COVID-19 cases continue to drop in Saskatchewan, but it is another sad news day as six more people have died as a result of the virus.
In its daily update, the government says five of the six are from the Saskatoon zone with one being in their 60’s, two in their 70’s and two aged 80 plus. The other person to die was someone in their 70’s from the northwest zone. This brings the provincial total to 534.
There are 118 new infections being announced Thursday. When you add that to 216 recoveries, the active case count in Saskatchewan stands at 1,382. On May 1, that number was 2,452. Of the 1,382 active cases, 216 are in Regina. On May 1, Regina had 761 active cases.
The new cases are located in the following zones: Far North West, 2; Far North East, 3; North West, 8; North Central, 19; North East, 2; Saskatoon, 33; Central East, 6; Regina, 23; South Central, 2; and South East, 14. Six new cases are pending residence information. 50 of the cases are infected with a variant of concern.
Cases infected with a variant of concern (VoC), as of May 27, 2021 |
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| Zone | VoCs Detected by Screening |
VoCs Sequenced (WGS) |
B.1.1.7 UK | B.1.351 SA | P.1 Brazilian | B.1.617 Indian |
| Far North West | 236 | 126 | 124 | 2 | ||
| Far North East | 37 | 5 | 5 | |||
| North West | 581 | 287 | 196 | 91 | ||
| North Central | 413 | 138 | 122 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| North East | 56 | 38 | 37 | 1 | ||
| Saskatoon | 1,595 | 697 | 667 | 1 | 18 | 11 |
| Central West | 109 | 80 | 75 | 1 | 4 | |
| Central East | 568 | 316 | 315 | 1 | ||
| Regina | 4,590 | 2,633 | 2,621 | 1 | 11 | |
| South West | 354 | 231 | 210 | 21 | ||
| South Central | 721 | 529 | 527 | 2 | ||
| South East | 1,045 | 605 | 603 | 1 | ||
| Pending | 62 | 26 | 26 | |||
| Totals | 10,367 | 5,711 | 5,528 | 10 | 144 | 29 |
There are 127 people in hospital with 27 of those in intensive care.
The seven-day daily average of new cases now sits at 137 or 11.2 per 100,000 population.
9,427 vaccines were distributed across the province on Wednesday.
| Status of Population Vaccinations, as of May 26, 2021 | |||
| Group | Estimated Population |
Received First Dose |
Fully Vaccinated |
| Age 80+ | 51,307 | 45,983 (90%) | 21,602 (42%) |
| Age 70-79 | 79,818 | 70,454 (88%) | 7,334 (9%) |
| Age 60-69 | 138,471 | 114,639 (83%) | 6,942 (5%) |
| Age 50-59 | 147,466 | 104,929 (71%) | 8,090 (5%) |
| Age 40-49 | 151,896 | 97,020 (64%) | 6,889 (5%) |
| Age 30-39 | 183,246 | 94,190 (51%) | 6,795 (4%) |
| Age 18-29 | 189,909 | 74,322 (39%) | 4,863 (3%) |
| Age 12-17 | 90,987 | 15,076 (17%) | 80 (0%) |