The provincial government is reporting another 236 confirmed cases of COVID-19, and no new deaths.

An additional 12,615 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 268,895. This is the highest daily doses administered to date.

The 12,615 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered to residents living in the following regions: Far North West (268), Far North Central (7), Far North East (225), North West (776), North Central (704), North East (964), Saskatoon (2,321), Central West (700), Central East (1,588), Regina (1,565), South West (871), South Central (578) and South East (1,664). There were 384 doses administered with zone of residence pending.

Forty-seven per cent of Saskatchewan residents age 50+ have received their first dose:

All vaccine administration details for the province, including first and second doses, can be found on the dashboard at https://dashboard.saskatchewan.ca/health-wellness. As the source database for vaccine information, Panorama is subject to continuous data updates which may result in revised counts, day over day.

Vaccination Booking System Eligibility Moves To Ages 55+ Province Wide

As of 8 a.m., Friday, April 9, Saskatchewan’s vaccine booking system eligibility was expanded to all individuals 55 years of age and older. Eligible residents ages 55+ can book their appointment online at www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-vaccine, or by phone at 1-833-SASKVAX. Additional information on how to book your appointment is available at www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-vaccine-booking.

Drive Thru Vaccination Clinics in Regina

The Regina COVID-19 vaccine drive thru will be administering Pfizer/Biontech vaccines Saturday, April 10 for residents aged 52, 53 and 54 years only, with possible changes to age ranges as demand allows in the coming days. This clinic will be first come first serve, open 8:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily at Evraz Place on the Regina Exhibition grounds. For further information on all drive-thru clinics, including wait times, see https://www.saskhealthauthority.ca/news/service-alerts-emergency-events/Pages/COVID-19-Vaccine-Drive-Thru-Wait-Times.aspx.

Daily COVID-19 Statistics

There are 236 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on April 10, bringing the provincial total to 35,983 cases. One case was found to be from out of province and was removed from the South East zone.

There are no new deaths to report today.

The new cases are located in the Far North West (6), Far North East (2), North West (11), North Central (5), North East (4), Saskatoon (35), Central West (2), Central East (7), Regina (91), South West (10), South Central (19) and South East (30) zones. Fourteen (14) new cases have pending residence information. Three cases with pending residence information have been assigned to North Central (1), Regina (1) and South East (1) zones. There are a total of 33,149 recoveries and 2,381 cases are considered active.

One hundred and ninety-two (192) people are in hospital. One hundred and forty-six (146) people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (2), Far North East (1), North West (4), North Central (3), North East (2), Saskatoon (38), Central East (13), Regina (75), South Central (2) and South East (6). Forty-six (46) people are in intensive care: North Central (5), Saskatoon (9), Central East (3), Regina (24) South West (2) and South Central (3).

The seven-day average of daily new cases is 235 (19.2 new cases per 100,000). A chart comparing today’s average to data collected over the past several months is available on the Government of Saskatchewan website at https://dashboard.saskatchewan.ca/health-wellness/covid-19/seven-day-average-of-new-covid-cases.

There were 3,439 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on April 9, 2021.

To date, 700,954 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of April 8, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 587,621 tests performed per million population. The national rate was 755,833 tests performed per million population.

As of April 9, 3,212 variants of concern have been identified by screening in Saskatchewan, reported in the Far North West (2), Far North East (4), North West (8), North Central (26), North East (2), Saskatoon (190), Central West (14), Central East (80), Regina (2,253), South West (26), South Central (285) and South East (301) zones. There are 21 cases with residence pending.