Latest COVID update March 4: 2 deaths, 169 new cases, 168 recoveries

The number of active COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan has fallen to its lowest level since Remembrance Day.

In a media release Thursday, the Ministry of Health said there were 169 new cases, 168 more recoveries and two new deaths due to COVID to report.

Those totals — along with the subtraction of eight out-of-province cases — dropped the active caseload to 1,422. It hasn’t been that low since it was 1,363 on Nov. 11.

To date, there have been 29,220 cases, 27,407 recoveries and 391 deaths.

The government also said nearly 2,500 COVID-19 vaccinations were done in Saskatchewan on Wednesday, and shipments of more than 7,000 new doses arrived in the province.

The ministry said there were 2,493 shots given — 1,141 in the Regina region, 951 in the Saskatoon area, 188 in the southeast zone, 174 in the central-east area, 12 in the north-central zone, 11 in the far northeast, 10 in the northeast and six in the northwest.

The total number of vaccinations done in Saskatchewan rose to 84,090.

Shipments of the Pfizer vaccine arrived in Prince Albert (4,680) and North Battleford (2,340) and clinics began Thursday.

A look at the numbers

The latest fatalities were a person in their 50s from the southeast zone and an individual in their 70s from the northeast area.

The new cases reported Thursday were in the Saskatoon (46), Regina (41), far northwest (27), far northeast (15), northwest (10), north-central (nine), central-east (five), central-west (four), south-central (three), southeast (two) and southwest (one) zones. The hometowns of six cases are being investigated.

The seven-day average of daily new cases is 148, or 12.0 per 100,000 population.

There are 146 people in Saskatchewan hospitals, the lowest-such total since there were 142 people hospitalized on Dec. 31.

There currently are 20 people in intensive care units, with 10 in the Saskatoon area, nine in the Regina region and one in the central-east zone.

The 2,991 tests done in Saskatchewan on Wednesday increased the total so far to 585,820.