The province’s Tuesday COVID-19 update includes 107 new, confirmed cases of the virus, a rise of 22 from Monday’s report. Eighty-two aren’t vaccinated. That’s 77 per cent of the new cases. Ten are partially vaccinated and 15 are fully vaccinated.
Twenty-five of the new cases are in the Saskatoon zone. The North Central zone has the second highest number with 17. The number of people in the hospital has risen by 8 to 79 including 11 in the ICU, but there are no new death’s in today’s (Tues) report.
For anyone who is travelling internationally, the province is permitting additional doses of vaccinations if they are required. That’s because some countries are requiring proof of vaccination with specific vaccines. The two most common are Pfizer and Moderna, so residents who received a combination of AstraZeneca, Prizer or Moderna can receive a third dose to match their last vaccine brand as long as it was Pfizer or Moderna. Those who received two doses of AstraZeneca will be able to get doses of Pfizer or Moderna.
The province urges individuals to check on the approved vaccines for the country, venue or destination you intend to visit. Proof of intent to travel will not be required to get the shots.
Highlights
- As of August 17th, there are 107 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 51,499 reported cases
- The new cases are located in the Far North West (12), Far North Central (1), Far North East (7), North West (4), North Central (17), North East (12), Saskatoon (25), Central West (1), Central East (8), Regina (6), South West (3), and South East (2) zones, and 9 new cases are pending residence information
- Five (5) cases with pending residence information were assigned to the North West (from June 30 (1)), North Central (from May 19 (1) and August 15 (1)), Central West (from May 23 (1)), and Regina (from August 2 (1)) zones
- Four (4) SK residents tested out-of-province have been added to the case counts in the Saskatoon (from August 12 (3)) and South Central (from August 13 (1)) zones
- Two (2) cases have been deemed to be a non-SK resident and removed from the Saskatoon (from August 14 (1)) and Regina (from August 4 (1)) zones
- 51,499 cases are confirmed
- 12,306 cases are from the Regina area
- 12,125 cases are from the Saskatoon area
- 11,300 cases are from the North area (4,861 North West, 4,760 North Central, 1,679 North East)
- 6,141 cases are from the South area (1,217 South West, 1,992 South Central, 2,932 South East)
- 6,093 cases are from the Far North area (3,048 Far North West, 449 Far North Central, 2,596 Far North East)
- 3,361 cases are from the Central area (866 Central West, 2,495 Central East)
- 173 cases have pending residence information
- 1,017 cases are considered active and 49,896 cases are considered recovered
- Over than one-third (39.3%) of new cases are in the 20 to 39 years age category
- As of August 17th, a total of 79 individuals are hospitalized, including 68 inpatient hospitalizations and 11 ICU hospitalizations. Of the 79 patients, 61 (77%) are not fully vaccinated.
- No (0) new death reported today. 586 Saskatchewan residents with COVID-19 have died, with a case fatality rate of 1.1%
- 988,937 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of August 15, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers are available from PHAC, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 833,603 tests performed per million. The national rate was 1,038,095 tests performed per million.
- The 7-day average of new COVID-19 case number was 117 (9.7 new cases per 100,000)
