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Saskatchewan saw a record amount of daily COVID-19 vaccinations as the province hit a total of 75,501 to date.
The record-high 5,211 doses were administered in the Saskatoon (254), Regina (286), far northwest (33), north-central (869), northwest (918), central-east (1202), central-west (403), southeast (570) and southwest (676) zones on Friday.
There were also five people with the virus who died in the province, bringing the number of Saskatchewan residents who have died with COVID to 385.
The deaths were reported in the 80 plus age group from the Regina (three), Saskatoon (one) and southeast (one) zones.
There were 162 new cases of the coronavirus reported in the province on Saturday, bringing the provincial total to 28,506 cases.
The new cases are located in the far northwest (27), far northeast (five), northwest (13), north-central (three), northeast (nine), Saskatoon (23), central-east (18), Regina (52), south-central (seven) and southeast (one) zones, while four cases are pending residence information. Nine cases with pending residence information were assigned to the far northeast (one), northwest (one), north-central (three), Regina (three) and south-central (one) zones.
The number of people in hospitals throughout the province battling COVID-19 continues to drop.
There are 151 people in hospital with the virus, including 135 people receiving inpatient care in the far northwest (five), far northeast (two), northwest (11), north-central (13), northeast (one), Saskatoon (53), central-west (one), central-east (seven), Regina (36), south-central (two) and southeast (four) areas.
Sixteen people are in intensive care with COVID in the northwest (one), Saskatoon (nine) and Regina (six) regions.
There are a total of 26,573 recoveries from the virus to date and 1,548 cases are considered active.