There are 98 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on March 14, bringing the provincial total to 30,620 cases. There are no new COVID cases in the Weyburn area, and there are two active cases, with 39 active cases in the southeast region.
Two Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. The deaths were reported in the 20-29 age group in the Regina zone and the 80+ age group in the Far North West zone.
The new cases are located in the Far North East (6), Northwest (3), North Central (1), Northeast (2), Saskatoon (25), Central West (2), Central East (15), Regina (27), Southwest (6), South Central (4) and Southeast (6) zones. One new case is pending residence information. Five cases with pending residence information were assigned to the Northwest (4) and Regina (1) zones.
There are a total of 28,814 recoveries, including166 new recoveries and 1,399 cases are considered active.
There are 131 people in hospital, and 102 people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (2), Far North East (1), Northwest (9), North Central (7), Saskatoon (44), Central East (5), Regina (32), South Central (1) and Southeast (1). Twenty-nine people are in intensive care: Northwest (1), North Central (1), Saskatoon (13), Central East (2) and Regina (12).
Vaccines Reported
An additional 2,220 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 102,415.
The 2,220 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered in the following regions: Northwest (410), North Central (320), Central East (6), Saskatoon (924) and Regina (560).
AstraZeneca Clinic Open for 64 year olds only Monday in Regina
Beginning Monday March 15, 2021, Regina will open a drive-thru immunization clinic to administer the AstraZeneca vaccine to ONLY those aged 64 years of age on the grounds of the Regina Exhibition Association Ltd (REAL). The site will begin to open up to additional ages, in reverse order from oldest to youngest, in the days after.
The drive-thru site will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Only those 64 years of age (with a birthdate between March 16, 1956 and March 15, 1957) will be eligible. You cannot pre-book an appointment for the drive-thru clinics.
Health officials are currently working on expanding availability of the AstraZeneca vaccine to a wider age range in the Regina area. Additional details will be announced in the coming days.
There were 1,752 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on March 13, including 58 tests in the southeast region.
To date, 610,593 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of March 12, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan's per capita rate was 513,342 tests performed per million population. The national rate was 678,534 tests performed per million population.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 130 (10.6 new cases per 100,000). A chart comparing today's average to data collected over the past several months is available on the Government of Saskatchewan website.
Please visit https://dashboard.saskatchewan.ca/health-wellness/covid-19/seven-day-average-of-new-covid-cases.
Further statistics on the total number of cases among healthcare workers, breakdowns of total cases by source of infection, age, sex and region, total tests to date, the per capita testing rate and current numbers of variants of concern can be found on the Government of Saskatchewan website. Please visit https://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/health-care-administration-and-provider-resources/treatment-procedures-and-guidelines/emerging-public-health-issues/2019-novel-coronavirus/cases-and-risk-of-covid-19-in-saskatchewan.
Interrupt COVID-19 Transmission in Regina
With an increase of community transmission of variants of concern in Regina, public health officials are asking all those who live and work in Regina to re-commit to best prevention practices to protect against COVID-19.
At this time, it is recommended that Regina and area residents - particularly those over age 50 - should not consider increasing their household bubbles to include 2-3 households up to 10 people. They should consider remaining with their current household only.
Many of Regina's outbreaks are a result of people of going to work and public places while symptomatic.
Enforcing Public Health Measures
Enforcement of public health orders is permitted under The Public Health Act, 1994. Public health inspectors will be supported in their efforts to ticket violators to ensure that businesses and events are brought into compliance as quickly as possible, in addition to the enforcement efforts that have been undertaken by police agencies throughout the province.
