In the daily COVID-19 report from the Saskatchewan Health Authority, another 460 new cases of the virus have been found in the province.
That brings the total number of cases to 63,875, with 4,715 considered active.
- Far North West (8),
- Far North Central (5),
- Far North East (10),
- North West (53),
- North Central (36),
- North East (8),
- Saskatoon (123),
- Central West (6),
- Central East (28),
- Regina (59),
- South West (38),
- South Central (18),
- South East (47).
Twenty-one new cases have pending residence information.
Meanwhile, just over one-third of new cases are showing up in residents 19 years of age or younger (35.9 percent) while one in six of those youngsters that were eligible to be vaccinated, being between 12 and 19 years of age, were fully vaccinated.
Hospitalizations continue to climb, with 273 individuals now hospitalized in the province; 215 in inpatient care and 58 admitted to the Intensive Care Unit. 207 of those patients, or just over three-quarters, were not fully vaccinated.
There were also sadly seven more deaths reported in the province, bringing the total number of deaths to 658.
Here in the southwest, cases are continuing to climb as well, with 38 new cases, including 14 in Southwest sub-zone one and 24 in southwest sub-zone 2. The region has now climbed to 187, which has quickly surpassed the area's previous record case count of 143, set on December 6, 2020.
19 southwest residents are hospitalized, with 15 receiving inpatient care and 4 in the ICU.
No new deaths in the region have been reported.
Looking at vaccination numbers, those are continuing to increase, as 4,933 new doses were administered province-wide with slightly more than half of those being new first doses, at 2,836; an increase of 1,598 percent. 723,081 residents are now considered fully vaccinated.
The southwest is seeing a slow and steady climb in that direction as well, with 170 new doses administered, putting the number of fully vaccinated residents at 21,376.
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