COVID-19 UPDATE FOR FEBRUARY 20: 57,824 VACCINES DELIVERED, 193 NEW CASES, 170 RECOVERIES, THREE NEW DEATHS
Vaccine Delivery
There were 4,233 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered yesterday in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 57,824.
The 4,233 doses were administered in the Far North West (29), Far North East (20), Far North Central (21), North East (65), North Central (11), North West (886), Central East (1,379), South Central (466), Regina (838) and Saskatoon (518). The Far North West zone has reported an additional 11 doses administered on February 18. The South Central zone has reported an additional 550 doses administered on February 18.
Note that we remain in Phase One of vaccine delivery, targeting residents and staff of long-term and personal-care homes, identified health care providers, residents 70 years and older and residents aged 50 and older in remote/Northern Saskatchewan. Eligible populations will be contacted directly to receive their vaccinations. Registration for appointments for Phase Two sequenced populations will be available when Phase Two commences. Please do not contact HealthLine 811 to register for vaccinations at this time. Notification will be provided when the registration system is available.
For a listing of first and second doses in Saskatchewan administered by geographic zone, visit https://www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-vaccine-update.
Daily COVID-19 Statistics
There are 193 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on February 20, bringing the provincial total to 27,438 cases.
The Saskatchewan COVID-19 Dashboard is available here.
Three Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. One death was reported in the 80+ age group from the North Central zone, one death was reported in 60-69 age group from the Regina zone, and one death was reported in the 70-79 age group from the South East zone.
The new cases are located in the Far North West (16), Far North Central (12), Far North East (10), North West (14), North Central (8), North East (3), Saskatoon (26), Central West (3), Central East (4), Regina (78), South West (1), South Central (5) and South East (9) zones and four (4) cases have pending residence information. Six (6) cases with pending residence information were assigned to the Far North East (1), North West (2) and North Central (3) zones.
There are a total of 25,468 recoveries and 1,602 cases are considered active.
One hundred and seventy-one (171) people are in hospital. One hundred and fifty-five (155) people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (5), Far North Central (2), Far North East (2), North West (15), North Central (13), North East (2), Saskatoon (59), Central West (1), Central East (8), Regina (43), South Central (1) and South East (4). Sixteen (16) people are in intensive care: North West (1), North Central (2), Saskatoon (9), Central East (1), and Regina (3).
There were 2,885 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on February 19, 2021.
Please note that, like most categories of statistics reported, daily testing numbers include those pending by location as noted in the footnotes daily on the Tests By Region page in the dashboard. Total testing numbers will include tests that are still pending by location; those numbers will not appear in the regional statistics until they are assigned.
To date, 556,892 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of February 18, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 466,935 tests performed per million population. The national rate was 617,920 tests performed per million population.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 150 (12.2 new cases per 100,000), the lowest seven-day average in over three months, and is now available on the Government of Saskatchewan website. This chart compares today’s average to data collected over the past several months. 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 and the per capita testing rate can be found on the Government of Saskatchewan website. Please visit 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.
Assess Your Risk and Get Tested
The Government of Saskatchewan continues to recommend against all non-essential
travel. International travelers must abide by federal testing and quarantine measures. If you have chosen to travel inter-provincially during the break week, get tested as soon as you return to Saskatchewan and plan for a follow up test seven days later.
The presence of new variants across Canada means an elevated risk of bringing more transmissible strains of COVID-19 home with you. While you cannot test your way out of travel risks, testing is the best tool available to protect your family, friends and all residents of Saskatchewan against COVID-19 if you have travelled.
You do not need to be experiencing symptoms in order to have COVID-19. Finding testing options near you at https://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/health-care-administration-and-provider-resources/treatment-procedures-and-guidelines/emerging-public-health-issues/2019-novel-coronavirus/testing-information.
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 quickly 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.
For more information on the current public health measures or to see the Public Health Order, visit www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-measures.
Weekly Reporting of Testing Numbers and Cases for Youth
The trends of COVID-19 cases in school-aged children are being monitored. The weekly report of cases and testing numbers for children aged 0-19, including data by age and positivity rates, has been posted at www.saskatchewan.ca/COVID19-Safe-Schools-Plan.
General COVID-19 Information
General public inquiries may be directed to COVID19@health.gov.sk.ca.
(Photo credit: Saskatchewan Government/Saskatchewan Government News Release)
