Latest COVID update Feb. 28: No new deaths, recoveries slightly outweigh new cases

There were no new deaths related to the coronavirus reported in Saskatchewan Sunday.

In a news release, the Ministry of Health revealed that the death toll in Saskatchewan from the virus stayed steady at 385.

There was more positive news, as recoveries slightly outweighed new cases. There were 141 new cases reported, along with 146 recoveries. Those numbers slightly dropped the active case total to 1,543.

The new cases reported are located in the far northwest (16), far north-central (one), far northeast (14), northwest (17), north-central (13), Saskatoon (38), central-west (two), central-east (eight), Regina (19), south-central (eight) and southeast (one) zones. One new case is pending residence information.

The locations for three previously reported cases were discovered to be the Regina (one), northwest (one) and north-central (one) areas.

There are 153 people in hospital across Saskatchewan. Of those, 19 are in intensive care in the Saskatoon (11), Regina (7) and northwest (one) regions.

Since last March, there have been 28,674 total infections and 26,719 recoveries.

The seven-day daily case average now stands at 146, or 11.9 cases per 100,000 people.

There were 2,285 tests processed Saturday, raising that total so far to 576,325.

Vaccination Update

Vaccinations took another jump Sunday, though not as significantly as Saturday’s record high.

There were 1,662 doses administered in the southeast (656), central-east (112), central-west (102), northwest (314), north-central (214), Regina (24), far north-central (22) and far northeast (218) regions.

Those doses raised the total number to 78,226. There are 26,418 people in the province who are fully vaccinated, thanks to having received both doses.