By Carol Thomson Apr 16, 2021 1:59 PM The province’s daily COVID-19 update includes 221 new cases of the virus, 225 recoveries and two more deaths. One person in their sixties from the Northwest and a person in their fourties from the Southeast has died, for a total deaths related to COVID-19 in Saskatchewan at 462. There are 4,326 variants of concern in Saskatchewan, which is an increase of 143 since yesterday (Thurs). The Regina area has 2,731 variant cases, and the next largest amount is 419 in the Southeast zone, followed by Saskatoon with 385 and 349 in the South Central zone. Of the 190 people in the hospital, 44 are in intensive care and 30 of those are in Regina.