A single day high for new COVID-19-related deaths while the seemingly-daily breaking of hospitalized novel coronavirus people records, including a record number of infections being treated in an I-C-U, is what jumped off the dashboard on the Government of Saskatchewan website Tuesday.
Ten provincial residents died due to a positive case of COVID-19 in the latest update, bringing the total since the pandemic began to 682. There were 22 more cases admitted to hospital Tuesday, compared to Monday, for a total of 311, including 65 people in an I-C-U in Saskatchewan.
Despite that, for a second straight day, there were more recoveries reported compared to new cases of the virus in the province, 490 recoveries and 449 new cases, leaving 4,734 active cases, down 54 from Monday. There were only 648 doses of vaccine administered Monday along with 4,249 COVID-19 tests taken.
Highlights
- As of September 28th, there are 449 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 66,343 reported cases
- The new cases are located in the Far North West (20), Far North Central (2), Far North East (23), North West (72), North Central (38), North East (10), Saskatoon (103), Central West (11), Central East (15), Regina (48), South West (22), South Central (27) and South East (25) zones and 33 new cases have pending residence information
- 15 cases with pending residence information were reassigned to Far North West (from September 12 (1), September 26 (1)), Far North East (from September 26 (1)), North West (from September 26 (2)), North Central (from September 9 (1), September 23 (1), September 25 (1)), Saskatoon (from September 26 (1)), Central East (from September 15 (1), September 26 (1)), Regina (from September 25 (1), September 26 (1)), South Central (from September 25 (1)), South East (from September 26 (1)) zones.
- Three (3) duplicate cases have been removed from North Central zone (from September 20, 2021)
- 66,343 cases are confirmed
- 16,032 cases are from the Saskatoon area
- 16,021 cases are from the North area (6,856 North West, 6,725 North Central, 2,440 North East)
- 13,494 cases are from the Regina area
- 8,110 cases are from the Far North area (3,798 Far North West, 533 Far North Central, 3,779 Far North East)
- 7,811 cases are from the South area (1,697 South West, 2,464 South Central, 3,650 South East)
- 4,347 cases are from the Central area (1,220 Central West, 3,127 Central East)
- 528 cases have pending residence information
- 4,734 cases are considered active and 60,927 cases are considered recovered
- Nearly one-third (31%) of new cases are in the age category of 20 to 39
- One in six (16.8%) of new cases eligible for vaccination (aged 12 years and older) were fully vaccinated
- As of September 28th, a total of 311 individuals are hospitalized; including 246 inpatient hospitalizations, and 65 ICU hospitalizations. Of the 311 patients eligible for vaccination, 240 (77.2%) were not fully vaccinated.
- Ten (10) new deaths reported today. 682 Saskatchewan residents with COVID-19 have died with a case fatality rate of 1.0
- 1,126,070 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of September 26th, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers are available from PHAC, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 947,588 tests performed per million. The national rate was 1,131,581 tests performed per million.
- The 7-day average of new COVID-19 case numbers is 472 (39.2 new cases per 100,000).
COVID-19 new cases and vaccination status, September 28, 2021
| Age Group | Unvaccinated | Vaccinated, with One dose, and or two doses <14 days | Vaccinated, Second dose >=14 days | Total new cases |
| 0-11 | 103 | 103 | ||
| 12-19 | 48 | 2 | 5 | 55 |
| 20-29 | 53 | 6 | 5 | 64 |
| 30-39 | 56 | 6 | 13 | 75 |
| 40-49 | 34 | 2 | 9 | 45 |
| 50-59 | 26 | 1 | 8 | 35 |
| 60-69 | 26 | 12 | 38 | |
| 70-79 | 16 | 2 | 18 | |
| 80+ | 11 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| Total | 373 | 18 | 58 | 449 |
COVID-19 Summary for September 28, 2021:
- From September 22 – 28, 25,789 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 1,549,338.
- As of September 28, 80 per cent of those 12+ have received their first dose and 72 per cent of those 12+ are fully vaccinated.
- There were 3,303 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan from September 22 – 28, bringing the provincial total to 66,343 cases. Three thousand two hundred and eighty-four recoveries were recorded during the same period.
- The seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan is currently 472 (39.2 per 100,000).
- Thirty-six new deaths were reported September 22-28.
- There were 806 new lineage results reported for September 22-28.
- As of September 28, there are 311 people in hospital: 246 are receiving inpatient care and 65 are in intensive care. Two hundred and forty of the people in hospital (77.2 per cent) are not fully vaccinated.
- From September 22 – 28, there were 27,655 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan.
