The far north west leads the province in active cases with 92 as Buffalo River Dene Nation continues to battle an outbreak.
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Saskatchewan reported 46 new cases and delivered more than 8,000 additional vaccine doses as demand for the vaccine remains lower than the province would like to see.
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One more person died after testing positive for COVID-19, bringing the province’s pandemic death toll to 578. The age and region of the person was not provided by the province on its online COVID-19 dashboard.
The new cases are located in the far north west (six), far north central (two), far north east (10), north west (three), north central (four), north east (one), Saskatoon (seven), Regina (nine) and south east (one) zones. Three cases are waiting for residence information.
Two cases in Saskatchewan residents who were tested out-of-province have been added to the case counts.
The far north west continues to lead the province in active cases with 92, despite having one of the smallest populations, as community leaders and health officials battle an outbreak on Buffalo River Dene Nation. The outbreak had been linked to 63 cases as of Friday.
Saskatoon has the second most active cases with 54, followed by the north west at 39 and Regina at 38.
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A total of 340 cases are considered active across the province after 19 more people recovered.
The seven-day average of daily new cases rose to 36, or three per 100,000 population.
Another 8,204 vaccine doses were administered on Friday, with 1,592 of those being used for first doses. The province’s vaccination pace has slowed in the last few weeks, with not a single day exceeding 10,000 doses in the last week.
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On Friday, the province once again reminded residents that “optimal protection” against COVID-19 takes two weeks from a second shot to set in and urged people to get their first and second shots as quickly as possible.
“Delaying your vaccination plans only allow more time for potential community transmission,” the province said in its Friday news release.
There are currently 63 people in hospital, with 11 in the ICU. A total of 1,457 tests were processed in the province on Friday, for a daily test positivity rate of 3.2 per cent.
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