Nineteen Saskatchewan I-C-U patients have been transferred to Ontario as of Wednesday. Wednesday’s COVID-19 dashboard update on the provincial government website indicated that those 19 transferred I-C-U patients were in addition to the 57 still in a Saskatchewan hospital I-C-U. In total, there are 271 people with a positive novel coronavirus case being treated in a provincial hospital. Otherwise, Wednesday’s update had 223 new cases of COVID-19, five new virus-related deaths and 316 individuals recovering. That leaves 2,440 active cases while 2,608 people received COVID-19 tests on Tuesday. As well, 2,985 doses of vaccine were administered Tuesday with 2,033 of those shots making the recipient full vaccinated.
As of Wednesday, there are now 19 Saskatchewan ICU patients being treated in Ontario. Saskatchewan’s Provincial Emergency Operations Centre says four more transfers are planned for Thursday, three for Friday, and one each on Saturday and Sunday for a total of 28.
The PEOC says daily out of province transfers are anticipated to decline and will happen more intermittently because of the decreases in Saskatchewan ICUs and the lower COVID-19 numbers across the province, as well as the arrival of additional federal resources and increased capacity within the health care system.
Highlights
- As of October 27th, there are 223 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 76,830 reported cases
- The new cases are located in the Far North West (15), Far North East (9), North West (18), North Central (18), North East (3), Saskatoon (54), Central West (1), Central East (23), Regina (35), South West (3), South Central (5), and South East (24) zones and fifteen (15) new cases have pending residence information
- Fifteen (15) cases with pending residence information were assigned to Far North West (from October 1 (1), October 5 (1), October 25 (2)), Far North East (from October 25 (1)), North West (from October 1 (2), October 12 (1)), Central East (from October 21 (2)), Regina (from October 21 (3), October 23 (1)), and South East (from October 25 (1)) zones
- 76,830 cases are confirmed
- 18,814 cases are from the North area (8,359 North West, 7,703 North Central, 2,752 North East)
- 18,508 cases are from the Saskatoon area
- 15,104 cases are from the Regina area
- 9,319 cases are from the South area (2,076 South West, 2,807 South Central, 4,436 South East)
- 9,061 cases are from the Far North area (4,233 Far North West, 541 Far North Central, 4,287 Far North East)
- 5,397 cases are from the Central area (1,383 Central West, 4,014 Central East)
- 627 cases have pending residence information
- 2,440 cases are considered active and 73,558 cases are considered recovered
- Over one quarter (27.8%) of new cases are in the age category of 11 or under
- Almost one-third (31.1%) of new cases eligible for vaccination (aged 12 years and older) were fully vaccinated
- As of October 27th, a total of 271 individuals are hospitalized, including 214 inpatient hospitalizations and 57 ICU hospitalizations. Of the 271 patients, 194 (71.6%) were not fully vaccinated. Four (4) additional cases were transferred to Ontario, for a total of sixteen (16) SK cases who have been transferred out-of-province to date. As these patients are receiving care out of province, this number is not included in the hospitalization counts in dashboard.
- Five (5) new deaths reported today. 832 Saskatchewan residents with COVID-19 have died, with a case fatality rate of 1.1%.
- 1,216,852 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of October 25, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers are available from PHAC, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 1,026,000 tests performed per million. The national rate was 1,205,608 tests performed per million.
- The 7-day average of new COVID-19 case numbers was 235 (19.5 new cases per 100,000).
COVID-19 new cases and vaccination status, October 27, 2021
| Age Group | Unvaccinated and/or First dose<21 days | Vaccinated, First dose >=21 days | Vaccinated, Second dose >=14 days | Total new cases |
| 0-11 | 62 | 62 | ||
| 12-19 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 23 |
| 20-29 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 21 |
| 30-39 | 27 | 2 | 7 | 36 |
| 40-49 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 27 |
| 50-59 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 20 |
| 60-69 | 11 | 6 | 17 | |
| 70-79 | 7 | 6 | 13 | |
| 80+ | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Total | 164 | 9 | 50 | 223 |
COVID-19 Deaths by Age Group, as of October 27, 2021
| Age Group | 19 and under | 20 to 39 | 40 to 59 | 60 to 79 | 80+ | Total |
| COVID-19 Deaths | 3 | 31 | 86 | 335 | 377 | 832 |
3rd and 4th Dose Administration – As of October 26, 2021 (updated every Tuesday)
| Age Range | w/ 3rd Dose | w/ 4th Dose | Total Extra Doses |
| 12-17 | 57 | 0 | 57 |
| 18-29 | 1,494 | 7 | 1,501 |
| 30-39 | 2,247 | 6 | 2,253 |
| 40-49 | 4,120 | 41 | 4,161 |
| 50-59 | 12,750 | 609 | 13,359 |
| 60-69 | 18,395 | 1,735 | 20,130 |
| 70-79 | 5,108 | 86 | 5,194 |
| 80+ | 11,398 | 12 | 11,410 |
| Total | 55,570 | 2,496 | 58,066 |
