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The Saskatchewan government reported Thursday the deaths of three more residents due to COVID-19 as well as the highest single-day total of new cases in more than a month.
Two of the deaths — one in each of the Regina and north-central regions — were in the 80-and-over age group. The third was a person in their 70s who lived in the Regina area.
Since March, 177 Saskatchewan residents have died due to COVID. There have been 144 deaths linked to the virus since Nov. 22, including 92 in the 80-and-over age range.
The government reported 334 new cases on Thursday, the highest such figure since there were 415 cases reported Dec. 6.
The provincial total is now 17,138 cases.
The new cases reported Thursday were in the Saskatoon (83), north-central (65), Regina (49), southeast (33), far northeast (24), far northwest (15), northeast (14), northwest (11), central-east (six), central-west (four), far north-central (one), southwest (one) and south-central (one) zones. The hometowns of 27 cases are still being investigated.
The seven-day average of cases is 254, or 20.9 per 100,000 population.
There were 278 recoveries reported, increasing that total so far to 14,014. There are 2,947 active cases being reported in Saskatchewan.
The province says 176 people are in hospital, including 29 in intensive care. Those cases are in the Regina (12), Saskatoon (nine), north-central (five), northwest (two) and central-east (one) areas.
The 147 people receiving inpatient care are spread between the Regina (45), Saskatoon (39), north-central (31), southeast (10), northwest (eight), central-east (seven), northeast (three), south-central (two), far north-central (one) and far northeast (one) zones.
The province’s total number of cases includes 795 health-care workers.
Of Saskatchewan’s total, 4,631 cases are from the Saskatoon area, 4,271 are from the north zone, 3,300 are in the Regina region, 2,037 are from the far north,1,741 are in the south, and 1,018 are from the central area. There are 140 cases that still require residence information.
The total comprises 6,154 cases in the 20-to-39 age group, 4,360 between the ages of 40 and 59, 3,585 involving people 19 and under, 2,233 from ages 60 to 79, and 798 among the 80-and-over age group. The ages of eight cases remain unknown.
The 2,548 tests processed in Saskatchewan on Wednesday increased the total to date to 442,063.
As of Thursday, 4,832 doses of COVID vaccine had been administered in Saskatchewan.
That total included 2,069 Pfizer doses in the Regina pilot program as well as 233 second doses, which are being administered this week. There also have been 2,407 Pfizer doses given in Saskatoon and 123 Moderna doses in the far northwest zone.
Vaccinations of health-care workers and residents of long-term and personal care homes began Thursday in Prince Albert.
Prince Albert has now received 3,900 Pfizer doses, which will all be used as first doses.
The government added another 100 doses of the Moderna vaccine have been allocated to Saskatchewan, increasing the number of doses set to arrive Feb. 1 to 5,400. There are also to be 11,700 doses of the Pfizer vaccine arriving in the province each week.
Expansion to hours at Yorkton drive-through site
The Saskatchewan Health Authority is changing the hours of the drive-through testing facility in Yorkton.
Starting Thursday, the site will open each day at 10:30 a.m., rather than the previous opening time of 1 p.m. It’s to close at 3:30 p.m.
The facility is located at 276 Myrtle Ave.