Saskatchewan, Canada: 2021/2022 Covid cases

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2 COVID-19 deaths, 98 new cases reported in Sask.
Cole Davenport
CTV News Regina Video Journalist
Published Sunday, March 14, 2021 1:46PM CST Last Updated Sunday, March 14, 2021 3:05PM CST

REGINA -- Saskatchewan reported two COVID-19 deaths Sunday, including one person in their 20s, along with 98 new cases.

The person who died in their 20s is from the Regina zone and the other was over the age of 80 in the Far North West.

With an additional 166 recoveries, there are currently 1,399 cases considered active in the province.

The 98 new cases are located in Regina (27), Saskatoon (25), Central East (15), South West (six), South East (six), Far North East (six), South Central (four), North West (three), North East (two) and North Central (one). One new case is pending residence information.

Five cases with previously unknown residence information have been assigned to the North West (four) and Regina zones (one)...

 

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Source: https://regina.ctvnews.ca/156-new-covid-19-cases-in-sask-66-variant-cases-confirmed-1.5349025

156 new COVID-19 cases in Sask, 66 variant cases confirmed
Janelle Blakley
CTVNewsRegina.ca Digital Content Producer
Published Tuesday, March 16, 2021 8:47AM CST Last Updated Tuesday, March 16, 2021 2:30PM CST

REGINA -- Saskatchewan reported 156 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, along with two more deaths and 161 recoveries.

Of the new cases, 101 are in the Regina zone. Additional new cases are in the Far Northwest (two), Far Northeast (seven), Northwest (seven), Saskatoon (16), Central West (one), Central East (four), Southwest (three), South Central (one) and Southeast (eight) zones. Six new cases are pending residence information.

ne person who died was in their 30s from Regina; another was from the Far Northwest and was above the age of 80.

VARIANTS OF CONCERN

The province confirmed 66 more cases variants of concern, bringing the total to 136. The new variant cases are in the Saskatoon (one), Central East (one), Regina (61), South Central (one) and Southeast (two) zones.

The Regina zone accounts for 122 ? or 90 per cent ? of the confirmed variant cases reported in Saskatchewan...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/covid-19-in-sask-wednesday-1.5953621

COVID-19 in Sask: 87 new cases, one more death, 313 presumptive variants of concern cases
Roy Romanow lab now has additional testing capacity for variants of concern due to new funding
Laura Sciarpelletti ? CBC News ? Posted: Mar 17, 2021 2:40 PM CT | Last Updated: 40 minutes ago

Saskatchewan reported 87 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday.

A resident in the 80-and-older category from the northwest zone of the province has died due to the novel coronavirus, bringing the death toll to 410.

There are no new confirmed variants of concern (VOC) cases to report in Saskatchewan, but there are now 313 presumptive VOC cases. That number has increased by 103 since Tuesday.

Regina, with 264 presumptive cases, has 84 per cent of the presumptive VOCs. There is also one presumptive case in the northeast, six in Saskatoon, five in the central east, 23 in the south central and 14 in the southeast zones.

There are 135 confirmed VOC cases in the province ? 129 of the B117, which was first detected in the U.K., and six of the B1351, which was first detected in South Africa. The Regina zone accounts for 121, or 90 per cent, of the confirmed VOC cases reported in Saskatchewan...

 

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Source: https://regina.ctvnews.ca/115-new-covid-19-cases-in-sask-120-new-presumptive-variant-cases-1.5352349

115 new COVID-19 cases in Sask.; 120 new presumptive variant cases
CTVNewsRegina.ca
Published Thursday, March 18, 2021 8:42AM CST Last Updated Thursday, March 18, 2021 1:50PM CST

REGINA -- There are 115 new COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan, the province reported on Thursday. There were 96 new recoveries and one additional death.

The person who died was over 80, from the Saskatoon area.

The seven-day average of daily new cases is 128, or 10.4 new cases per 100,000 people.

There are 1,282 active COVID-19 cases in the province.

VARIANTS OF CONCERN (VoC)

Saskatchewan reported no new confirmed cases of VoCs on Thursday, however there are 120 new presumptive VoC cases.

There are now 433 presumptive positive cases of VoCs in Saskatchewan. Regina is the location of 90 per cent of the province?s VoC cases.

SASK. QUIET ON COVID-19 VARIANTS IN SASK. SCHOOLS

As COVID-19 variants continue to spread in Saskatchewan, it remains unclear exactly how many confirmed and presumptive variant cases have been detected in Saskatchewan schools...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/covid-19-in-sask-friday-1.5956954

COVID-19 in Sask: 174 new cases, 3 more deaths, 21 new confirmed variant cases
508 presumptive variant of concern cases in the province, 85% of which are in Regina
Laura Sciarpelletti ? CBC News ? Posted: Mar 19, 2021 2:17 PM CT | Last Updated: 4 hours ago

Saskatchewan reported 174 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday. Three more residents have died due to the illness caused by the novel coronavirus.

One of the people who died was in the 80 and older age group from the central west zone. Another was a person in their 60s from the far north west zone, and the third resident who died was in their 50s and from the far north central zone.

There have now been 414 deaths in the province due to COVID-19.

There are 21 new confirmed cases inovolving the more transmissible coronavirus variants of concern (VOC) in Saskatchewan.

There are now 156 confirmed cases involving those variants ? 149 of the B117 variant, which was first detected in the U.K., and seven of the B1351, which was first detected in South Africa. The Regina zone accounts for 141, or 90 per cent, of the confirmed VOC cases reported in Saskatchewan.

There are also 508 presumptive VOC cases in the province, with one in the far northeast, 13 in Saskatoon, six in the central east, 434 in Regina, 30 in the south central and 24 in the southeast zones.

Regina has 85 per cent of all presumptive VOC cases.

Of the 31,259 known COVID-19 cases to date in the province, 1,345 are considered active.

The seven-day average of daily new cases in Saskatchewan is 128 ? 10.4 new cases per 100,000 population...

 

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Source: https://regina.ctvnews.ca/200-new-covid-19-cases-in-sask-82-new-presumptive-variant-cases-1.5355614

200 new COVID-19 cases in Sask.; 82 new presumptive variant cases
CTVNewsRegina.ca
Published Saturday, March 20, 2021 1:52PM CST Last Updated Saturday, March 20, 2021 2:12PM CST

REGINA -- Saskatchewan reported 200 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, along with 82 new presumptive cases of variants of concern (VoC).

Three more Saskatchewan residents have died after testing positive for COVID-19. The recent deaths were two residents of the Far Northeast zone, one in their 60s and another over 80, and one residents of the North Central zone in their 30s.

VARIANTS OF CONCERN

There are no new confirmed cases of COVID-19 VoCs on Saturday, but the province reported 82 new presumptive cases of VoCs. There are now 590 presumptive cases of VoCs in Saskatchewan, 504 of which are located in Regina.

The remaining presumptive cases are located in the Far Northeast (one), Saskatoon (13), Central East (six), South Central (38) and Southeast (28) zones.

COVID-19 CASES

There were 180 new recoveries on Saturday, and 1,434 COVID-19 cases are active in the province.

In Saskatchewan, 135 people are in hospital including 27 in ICU.

The seven-day average of daily new cases is 134 or 11.0 new cases per 100,000 people...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/covid-march-21-2021-1.5958441

COVID-19 in Sask: 178 new cases, one more death, 164 recoveries
Some vaccine deliveries will be delayed this week due to a damaged thermal shipper
Julia Peterson ? CBC News ? Posted: Mar 21, 2021 2:14 PM CT | Last Updated: 43 minutes ago

Saskatchewan reported 178 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday. One Regina resident in their 80s who tested positive for COVID-19 has died.

There have now been 418 deaths in the province due to COVID-19.

There are no new confirmed cases involving the more transmissible coronavirus variants of concern (VOC) in Saskatchewan today. However, the province has also reported 625 presumptive VOC cases in the province, of which 527 are in the Regina area.

Of the 31,637 known COVID-19 cases to date in the province, 1,447 are considered active.

The seven-day average of daily new cases in Saskatchewan is 146 ? 11.9 new cases per 100,000 population...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/covid-19-in-saskatchewan-march-22-coronavirus-1.5959347

COVID-19 in Sask: 205 new cases, 123 more presumptive variant of concern cases
102 of the new cases are reported in the Regina area
Mickey Djuric ? CBC News ? Posted: Mar 22, 2021 2:12 PM CT | Last Updated: 34 minutes ago

Saskatchewan reported 205 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the provincial total of cases to 31,842.

There are no new confirmed cases involving the more transmissible coronavirus variants of concern (VOC) in Saskatchewan.

However, there are now 748 presumptive positive VOC cases, an increase of 123 from the 625 presumptive VOC cases reported on Sunday.

The presumptive positives are located mostly in Regina with 640 presumptive VOC cases, followed by 42 in south central, 39 in the south east, 18 in Saskatoon, eight in central east, and one in the far northeast.

As of March 22, there are 156 confirmed VOC in Saskatchewan: 149 cases of the B1117 variant, and seven cases of the B1351 variant. The Regina zone accounts for 141 cases ? or 90 per cent ? of the confirmed VOC cases reported in Saskatchewan.

There are 1,476 active COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan.

The seven-day average of daily new cases in Saskatchewan is 158, or 13 new cases per 100,000 people...

 

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Source: https://regina.ctvnews.ca/regina-ma...9-cases-confirmed-variants-near-900-1.5358593

Regina makes up 51% of active Sask. COVID-19 cases, confirmed variants near 900
Brendan Ellis
CTVNewsRegina.ca Digital Content Producer
Published Tuesday, March 23, 2021 8:44AM CST Last Updated Tuesday, March 23, 2021 3:00PM CST

REGINA -- The Government of Saskatchewan confirmed there are 891 cases of COVID-19 Variants of Concern (VoC) in the province, as of Tuesday.

Moving forward, the province will be reporting all screened VoC cases as confirmed for the purpose of public reporting and contact tracing.

The province also reported one COVID-19 death and 150 new cases on Tuesday.

Of the 891 variant cases, 763 were detected in Regina. VoCs have also been found in the Far North East (one), Saskatoon (18), Central East (10), South Central (56) and South East (43) zones.

The province has identified the lineage of 360 VoC cases, including 352 cases of B.1.1.7 and eight cases of B.1.351.

Regina currently accounts for more active cases than all of the other Saskatchewan zones combined, with 755 of the total 1,472 active cases.

Active cases in the Regina zone have increased 78 per cent over the last month.

50 NEW CASES, 1 DEATH

One person who tested positive for COVID-19 has died, according to the Government of Saskatchewan. The person from the South Central zone was in their 60s.

The 150 new cases are located in the Far North West (one), Far North Central (one), Far North East (one), North West (nine), North Central (eight), North East (12), Saskatoon (eight), Central East (eight), Regina (91), South West (one), South Central (three) and South East (six) zones.

One other new cases is pending residence information...

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Source: https://regina.ctvnews.ca/sask-bans...estaurants-to-move-to-take-out-only-1.5359163

Sask. bans private gatherings in Regina, restaurants to move to take-out only
CTVNewsRegina.ca
Published Tuesday, March 23, 2021 2:31PM CST Last Updated Tuesday, March 23, 2021 2:53PM CST

REGINA -- The Saskatchewan government has expanded public health measures for Regina and area due to rising COVID-19 rates.

All private indoor gatherings are restricted to immediate household members, effective immediately. People who live alone will be allowed to meet with one household of fewer than five people.

Effective Sunday, all restaurants and bars must close for in-person dining; take-out and delivery is still allowed.

All non-essential indoor locations that had a 30 person limit must close.

Venues including banquet and community halls, conference facilities, arts venues, museums, libraries, live theatre, cinemas, arcades, bowling and science centres will also be forced to temporarily close...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/covid-19-march-24-1.5962605

COVID-19 in Sask.: 190 new cases, 1 death, variant reporting updated
Province says more than two-thirds of those over 80, 30 per cent of those in their 70s have had first doses
CBC News ? Posted: Mar 24, 2021 3:55 PM CT | Last Updated: 25 minutes ago

Saskatchewan reported 190 new cases of COVID-19 and one more death on Wednesday.

The most recent death was a person in the 80-and-older category in the northwest zone. There have been 420 COVID-19-related deaths reported in Saskatchewan since the pandemic began.

The new cases Wednesday were reported as follows:

Far northwest, seven.
Far northeast, one.
Northwest, 10.
North central, two.
Northeast, four.
Saskatoon, 26.
Central east, five.
Regina 116.
Southwest, one.
South central, two.
Southeast, nine.

Seven new cases reported Wednesday are pending location information.

As of Tuesday there were 954 variants of concern identified through screening in Saskatchewan.

Previously, the province said these were reported as "presumptive positives," but now all screening tests are to be considered confirmed as variants of concern until identified otherwise.

There are currently 360 cases of COVID variants with confirmed lineage in Saskatchewan. The province said cases in Regina make up about 87 per cent of them.

Wednesday's update clarified that the variant cases identified through screening and the cases with confirmed lineage should not be added together to find a "total" number of variant cases, as some may appear in both groups.

There were 147 people in hospital as of Wednesday, the province said. Of them, 22 are in intensive care: eight in Saskatoon, two in the central east, 11 in Regina and one in the south central.

Saskatchewan reported 1,565 known active cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday. The seven-day daily average of new cases sits at 173, or 14.1 new cases per 100,000...

 

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Source: https://regina.ctvnews.ca/168-new-covid-19-cases-in-sask-110-new-voc-cases-1.5361937

168 new COVID-19 cases in Sask.; 110 new VoC cases
CTVNewsRegina.ca
Published Thursday, March 25, 2021 9:28AM CST Last Updated Thursday, March 25, 2021 2:49PM CST

REGINA -- Saskatchewan reported 168 new cases of COVID-19, along with two new deaths and 105 new recoveries.

VARIANTS OF CONCERN

There are 110 new VoC cases in Saskatchewan. There are 1064 VoC cases in Saskatchewan to date, 895 of which are in Regina.

The province is able to report that 118 new lineage results have been reported, however it did not provide the results of the new findings.

Of the 478 VoC cases that have lineage results to report, 470 are B1.1.1.7 (UK) and eight are B1.351 (SA).

COVID-19 CASES

One person who died was in their 40s in the North Central zone, the other was in their 70s in the Central East zone.

Saskatchewan has 1,623 active COVID-119 cases. New cases reported Thursday are located in Far Northwest (two), Far Northeast (three), Northwest (three), North Central (two), Northeast (one), Saskatoon (25), Central West (three), Central East (19), Regina (70), South Central (11), and Southeast (24) zones. Five new cases are pending location details...

 

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Source: https://regina.ctvnews.ca/sask-reports-8-covid-19-deaths-213-new-cases-1.5363577

Sask. reports 8 COVID-19 deaths, 213 new cases
Janelle Blakley
CTVNewsRegina.ca Digital Content Producer
Published Friday, March 26, 2021 9:00AM CST Last Updated Friday, March 26, 2021 2:39PM CST

REGINA -- Saskatchewan reported eight COVID-19 deaths and 213 new cases on Friday, along with 148 recoveries.

Seven of the eight deaths were reported in Regina; one person was in their 50s, three were in their 60s and three were older than 80. The eighth death was a person in their 50s in the Northwest zone.

Of the 213 new cases, 104 ? or 49 per cent ? are in the Regina zone. The rest of the new cases are in the Far Northwest (four), Far Northeast (five), Northwest (ten), North Central (nine), Northeast (eight), Saskatoon (34), Central West (one), Central East (three), South Central (14) and Southeast (13) zones. Eight new cases are pending residence information.

There are 155 people in hospital; 22 people are in the ICU.

The Regina zone has the greatest number of hospitalizations. There are 53 people in hospital, 16 of them are in the ICU.

VARIANTS OF CONCERN

The province reported 91 additional variants of concern (VoC). So far, the province has identified 1,155 VoC in six zones ? the Far North East (one), Saskatoon (18), Central East (24), Regina (973), South Central (70) and South East (69).

Labs have confirmed the lineage of 473 VoC cases through whole genome sequencing; there are 465 B.1.1.7 cases and eight B.1.3.5.1 cases in the province.

The Regina zone accounts for 84 per cent of all variant cases in the province....

 

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Source: https://regina.ctvnews.ca/85-covid-19-variants-of-concern-224-new-cases-reported-in-sask-1.5365137

85 COVID-19 variants of concern, 224 new cases reported in Sask.
Brendan Ellis
CTVNewsRegina.ca Digital Content Producer
Published Saturday, March 27, 2021 2:31PM CST Last Updated Saturday, March 27, 2021 3:32PM CST

REGINA -- The Government of Saskatchewan reported 85 newly detected COVID-19 variants of concern on Saturday, along with 224 new cases and 87 recoveries.

The province has now identified 1,240 variants of concern, it said in a release.

"Variants of concern (VoC) are beginning to rise across southern Saskatchewan, particularly in the Moose Jaw area," the release reads.

Variants of concern have been detected in the Far North East (one), Saskatoon (18), Central West (one), Central East (24), Regina (1,041), South Central (80) and South East (75) zones.

224 NEW CASES, 87 RECOVERIES, NO DEATHS

The 224 new cases are located in the Far North West (four), Far North East (two), North West (10), North Central (nine), North East (13), Saskatoon (28), Central West (four), Central East (three), Regina (122), South Central (18) and South East (11) zones.

Four cases pending residence information were assigned.

There are now 1,817 COVID-19 cases considered active in Saskatchewan...

 

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Source: https://regina.ctvnews.ca/109-new-cases-of-voc-in-sask-202-new-cases-of-covid-19-1.5366389

109 new cases of VoC in Sask.; 202 new cases of COVID-19
CTVNewsRegina.ca
Published Monday, March 29, 2021 7:43AM CST Last Updated Monday, March 29, 2021 2:25PM CST

REGINA -- There are 109 new cases of COVID-19 Variants of Concern, the Government of Saskatchewan reported on Monday. There are 202 new cases of COVID-19 and no new deaths related to the virus.

To date the province has detected 1,474 cases of VoC in Saskatchewan. Regina is the location of 1,222 of the province?s total VoC cases.

The remaining cases are located in the Far Northeast (one), Saskatoon (17), Central West (two), Central East (25), Regina (1,222), South Central (109) and Southeast (98) zones.

There are 1,978 cases considered active in Saskatchewan, with 1039 cases active in Regina...

 

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Source: https://regina.ctvnews.ca/sask-reports-101-variants-of-concern-164-new-covid-19-cases-1.5367874

Sask. reports 101 variants of concern, 164 new COVID-19 cases
Brendan Ellis
CTVNewsRegina.ca Digital Content Producer
Published Tuesday, March 30, 2021 7:55AM CST Last Updated Tuesday, March 30, 2021 3:11PM CST

REGINA -- The Government of Saskatchewan reported 101 new variants of concern on Tuesday, along with one COVID-19 related death and 164 new cases.

The province extended all provincial public health orders to April 12.

In a release, the province said the Saskatchewan resident that died was in the 80-plus age group from the Central East zone.

There have been 1,575 total variants of concern identified by screening in Saskatchewan. The variants were found in the Far North East (one), North Central (four), Saskatoon (18), Central West (three), Central East (25), Regina (1,298), South West (one), South Central (118) and South East (107) zones.

There are 1,942 active COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan...

 

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Source: https://regina.ctvnews.ca/sask-repo...es-identifies-98-more-variant-cases-1.5369560

Sask. reports 191 new COVID-19 cases; identifies 98 more variant cases
CTVNewsRegina.ca
Published Wednesday, March 31, 2021 8:17AM CST Last Updated Wednesday, March 31, 2021 1:54PM CST

REGINA -- Saskatchewan recorded 191 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday, along with two more deaths and 176 recoveries.

The province identified an additional 98 variant cases. As of Tuesday, 1,673 variants of concern have been identified through screening...

 

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Source: https://regina.ctvnews.ca/sask-repo...ases-9-variants-of-concern-detected-1.5371265

Sask. reports 199 new COVID-19 cases; 9 variants of concern detected
Brendan Ellis
CTVNewsRegina.ca Digital Content Producer
Published Thursday, April 1, 2021 8:24AM CST Last Updated Thursday, April 1, 2021 1:54PM CST

REGINA -- The Government of Saskatchewan reported 199 new COVID-19 cases and 205 recoveries on Thursday.

Nine newly screened variants of concern were also detected. The 1,682 total variant cases that were identified through screening are located in the Far North East (one), North Central (nine), Saskatoon (53), Central West (five), Central East (27), Regina (1,348), South West (one), South Central (129) and South East (109) zones.

The 199 new cases are located in the Far North East (three), North Central (nine), North East (10), Saskatoon (14), Central West (one), Central East (five), Regina (115), South West (one), South Central (13) and South East (28) zones.

No COVID-19-related deaths were reported on Thursday.

A total of 193 people are in hospital in the province due to the virus, including 34 people in intensive care...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/covid-sask-april-3-2021-1.5975011

COVID-19 in Sask: 280 new cases, 190 recoveries, 5,504 vaccines delivered Friday
The seven-day average of new COVID cases in Saskatchewan has reached 220
Julia Peterson ? CBC News ? Posted: Apr 03, 2021 2:44 PM CT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

Saskatchewan reported 280 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday ? the single greatest daily increase in cases since January.

No new cases involving the more transmissible coronavirus variants of concern (VOC) were reported in Saskatchewan today, confirmed by whole genome sequencing, according to a news release from the province.

As of Saturday, 2,226 variants of concern have been identified in the province, and these cases are continuing to rise across southern Saskatchewan, particularly in the Moose Jaw and Weyburn areas. The Regina area still accounts for 84 per cent of the VOC cases with confirmed lineage reported in the province.

Of the 34,323 known COVID-19 cases to date in the province, 2,143 are considered active. 1078 of the active cases are in Regina...

 

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Source: https://regina.ctvnews.ca/sask-repo...r-3rd-consecutive-day-219-new-cases-1.5374763

Sask. reports record ICU numbers for 3rd consecutive day; 219 new cases
Michaela Solomon
CTVNewsRegina.ca Senior Digital Content Producer
Published Monday, April 5, 2021 8:10AM CST Last Updated Monday, April 5, 2021 2:43PM CST

REGINA -- There are 86 new variant of concern (VoC) cases in Saskatchewan and 219 new cases of COVID-19, the Government of Saskatchewan reported Monday

One more Saskatchewan resident has died of COVID-19; a person in their 60s in the Saskatoon area. There have been 440 deaths in Saskatchewan related to COVID-19.

There are 86 new VoC cases in Saskatchewan on Sunday. To date the province has recorded 2,453 cases of VoC in the province.

The government is reminding residents that VoC cases continue to rise in Southern Saskatchewan, specifically in Moose Jaw and Weyburn.

CASES AND HOSPITALIZATIONS

One-hundred ninety-five Saskatchewan residents are being treated in hospital for COVID-19. The province set a new record number of ICU admissions for the third consecutive day on Monday with 47. Thirty-one patients are being treated for COVID-19 in Regina ICUs.

There are 2,202 cases active in Saskatchewan. The seven-day average of daily new cases is 218 or 17.8 new cases per 100,000 people. The province reported 212 more recoveries on Monday...

 

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Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/covid-19-saskatchewan-1.5976977

COVID-19 in Sask: 217 new cases, 3 more deaths, 44 people in ICU
Number of variant cases continue to rise in several areas
Guy Quenneville ? CBC News ? Posted: Apr 06, 2021 2:02 PM CT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

Saskatchewan health officials are reporting 217 new cases of COVID-19 and three related deaths on the day the provincial government releases its 2021-2022 budget. The number of people under intensive care also remains high at 44.

The majority of the new cases announced Tuesday, 97, were in the Regina area, which is under enhanced COVID-19 public health guidelines due to the spread of COVID-19 variants in the area.

The rest of the new cases were reported in the following areas: far northwest (five), northwest (11), north central (three), northeast (two), Saskatoon (30), central east (17), southwest (one), south central (14), and southeast (36) zones. One new case has pending residence information. Two cases that previously had pending residence information have been assigned to the Regina zone.

The new cases were based on 2,924 tests being processed...