There were two new COVID-19-related deaths in Saskatchewan, according to Tuesday’s dashboard statistics in the provincial government website. That brings the total number of novel coronavirus-attributed fatalities to 584.
However, there were fewer new cases in the latest stats than the seven-day average and fewer new cases than there were recoveries, leaving a drop in the number of active cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan. Twelve of the 13 provincial zones recorded at least one new case, including 18 in Saskatoon, to account for the 65 total new cases in the province. The seven-day average still rose from 71 to 77, but the number of active cases dropped from 650 to 634. Of the active cases, 62 people are in hospital with 46 of those patients not being fully vaccinated. There are 13 infections being treated in an I-C-U. Otherwise, 625 of 853 vaccine doses administered Monday were second shots, upping Saskatchewan’s number to 667,556 fully vaccinated residents.
Before the highlights, here is the weekly rundown: The provincial government says from August 4th to 10th, 16,708 doses of COVID-19 vaccine were administered for a total now of more than 1-million-434-thousand-610. In the same time period, there were 536 new cases of the virus in Saskatchewan and 336 cases were confirmed as Variants of Concern. Three hundred and sixty-eight recoveries were recorded during the same period. As of Tuesday, 75 per cent of Saskatchewan residents 12 and over have received their first dose and 66 per cent are fully vaccinated.
Highlights
- As of August 10th, there are 65 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 50,679 reported cases
- The new cases are located in the Far North West (12), Far North Central (4), Far North East (11), North West (2), North Central (6), Saskatoon (18), Central West (1), Central East (1), Regina (5), South West (1), South Central (1) and South East (3) zones
- Three (3) cases with pending residence information were assigned to the Far North East (from August 4 (1)), Regina (August 6 (1)) and South East (August 6 (1)) zones
- 50,679 cases are confirmed
- 12,273 cases are from the Regina area
- 11,941 cases are from the Saskatoon area
- 11,092 cases are from the North area (4,810 North West, 4,650 North Central, 1,632 North East)
- 5,994 cases are from the South area (1,173 South West, 1,947 South Central, 2,874 South East)
- 5,912 cases are from the Far North area (2,985 Far North West, 433 Far North Central, 2,494 Far North East)
- 3,310 cases are from the Central area (855 Central West, 2,455 Central East)
- 157 cases have pending residence information
- 634 cases are considered active and 49,461 cases are considered recovered
- Almost two-fifths (38.5%) of the 65 new cases were in the 20 to 39 years age category
- As of August 10th, a total of 62 individuals are hospitalized, including 49 inpatient hospitalizations and 13 ICU hospitalizations. Of the 62 patients, 46 (74%) are not fully vaccinated.
- Two (2) new deaths reported today. 584 Saskatchewan residents with COVID-19 have died, with a case fatality rate of 1.2%
- 976,258 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of August 8, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers are available from PHAC, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 822,988 tests performed per million. The national rate of 1,026,817 tests performed per million.
- The 7-day average of new COVID-19 case number was 77 (6.4 new cases per 100,000)
