COVID-19 in Sask.: 193 new cases, 3 new deaths reported

Three more COVID-19 deaths were reported in Saskatchewan Saturday, bringing the province's death total from the illnessto 368.

The deaths were a person in their 60sfrom the Regina zone, onein their 70s in the southeast zone, and a person in the80-plus age group in the north central zone.

There were also 193 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Saskatchewan. The province's active case total is now 1,602, after 170 new recoveries were reported. There have been a total of25,468 recoveries to date.

The seven-day daily average for new cases sat at 150, or 12.2 new cases per 100,000 people, which the province says isSaskatchewan's lowest seven-day average in over three months.

The new cases were reported as follows:

• Regina:78.
• Saskatoon:26.
• Far northwest:16.
• Northwest:14.
• Far north central: 12.
• Far northeast:10.
• Southeast:nine.
• North central:eight.
• South central,: five.
• Central east:four.
• Central west:three.
• Northeast: three.
• Southwest:one.

Residence information is pending for four other cases.

4,233 vaccinations

Another 4,233 COVID-19 vaccine doses weredistributed in Saskatchewan on Friday. The province has administered 57,824 vaccine doses in total.

The province remains in Phase 1 of its vaccine distribution plan, "targeting residents and staff of long-term and personal-care homes, identified health care providers, residents 70 years and older and residents aged 50 and older in remote/northern Saskatchewan," Saturday's update said.

Registration for appointments for those targeted in Phase 2of the vaccine rollout will be availablewhen that phase begins, the province says.