Saskatchewan is nudging closer to 100,000 vaccines being administered.
Sunday’s report from the government on COVID-19 statistics and vaccine delivery stated an additional 1,428 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 91,884.
The 1,428 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported Sunday were administered in the following regions: North West (388), North Central (226), Saskatoon (522), and Regina (292).
A Pfizer vaccine shipment is expected March 9 in Saskatoon (3,510 doses) and Regina (3,510 doses) and on March 10 in North Battleford (4,680 doses), Yorkton (1,170 doses), and Prince Albert (1,170 doses).
According to COVID19Tracker.ca, Saskatchewan is leading the provinces (but not the territories) in the number of vaccinations per 100,000 people. Saskatchewan has vaccinated 7,800.76 people per 100,000, the only province over the 7,000 mark so far. (The COVID19Tracker.ca Project was founded by Noah Little, an undergraduate student at the University of Saskatchewan. The website and associated dataset continues to be maintained by Noah Little, along with a team of volunteers who collect and verify data every day.)
Saskatchewan is the best within the not so great, however. According to the New York Times global tracking of statistics, at 6.1 per 100 people, Canada is second from bottom in the G7. Only Japan has vaccinated fewer people per 100. The United States and the United Kingdom lead with 33.7 and 25.6 respectively. Canada is more in line, but still less than, France (7.8), Germany (8.5) and Italy (8.5).
The tiny but rich United Arab Emirates appears to be the world leader with 64.7 people out of 100 vaccinated, administering more than 6.2 million vaccine doses.
Statistics are not available for all countries.
