For the first time since August 28, there are fewer than 2,000 active cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan.
Monday’s dashboard reading from the provincial government website had 128 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 298 recoveries and three COVID-19-related fatalities, leaving 1,950 active cases.
On August 28, the active case count was 1,987 and rising.
From the 1,950 active cases, 222 people are in hospital, including 55 infections being treated in an I-C-U. That number doesn’t include 26 Saskatchewan residents being treated for the virus in out-of-province I-C-Us.
Sunday’s COVID-19 stats had 1,361 tests taken while 2,068 doses of vaccine were administered with 1,522 of those shots making the recipient fully vaccinated.
Highlights
- As of November 1st, there are 128 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 77,793 reported cases
- The new cases are located in the Far North East (3), North West (10), North Central (15), North East (7), Saskatoon (30), Central West (2), Central East (17), Regina (26), South West (4), South Central (1) and South East (7) zones and six (6) new cases have pending residence information
- Ten (10) cases with pending residence information were assigned to Far North West (from October 30 (1)), North West (from October 7 (3), October 30 (1)), North Central (from October 29 (2)), and Central East (from October 30 (3)) zones
- One (1) SK resident tested OOP was added to Saskatoon (from October 26 (1))
- 77,793 cases are confirmed
- 19,036 cases are from the North area (8,452 North West, 7,795 North Central, 2,789 North East)
- 18,735 cases are from the Saskatoon area
- 15,289 cases are from the Regina area
- 9,469 cases are from the South area (2,099 South West, 2,834 South Central, 4,536 South East)
- 9,114 cases are from the Far North area (4,260 Far North West, 541 Far North Central, 4,313 Far North East
- 5,532 cases are from the Central area (1,392 Central West, 4,140 Central East)
- 618 cases have pending residence information
- 1,950 cases are considered active and 74,989 cases are considered recovered
- Less than one-third (32.0%) of new cases are in the age category of 11 years and under
- More than one-fifth (21.8%) of new cases eligible for vaccination (aged 12 years and older) were fully vaccinated
- As of November 1st, a total of 222 individuals are hospitalized, including 167 inpatient hospitalizations and 55 ICU hospitalizations. Of the 222 patients, 153 (68.9%) were not fully vaccinated.
- In addition to SK ICUs, there are 26 residents in out-of-province ICUs. As these patients are receiving care out of province, this number is not included in the hospitalization counts in dashboard.
- Three (3) new deaths reported today. 854 Saskatchewan residents with COVID-19 have died, with a case fatality rate of 1.1%.
- 1,227,705 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of October 28, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers were available from PHAC, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 1,032,838 tests performed per million. The national rate was 1,212,788 tests performed per million.
- The 7-day average of new COVID-19 case numbers was 188 (15.6 new cases per 100,000).
COVID-19 new cases and vaccination status, November 1, 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 | 40 | 1 | 41 | |
| 12-19 | 8 | 1 | 9 | |
| 20-29 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 20 |
| 30-39 | 9 | 3 | 12 | |
| 40-49 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| 50-59 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 60-69 | 8 | 3 | 11 | |
| 70-79 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 80+ | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 105 | 4 | 19 | 128 |
COVID-19 Deaths by Age Group, as of November 1, 2021
| Age Group | 19 and under | 20 to 39 | 40 to 59 | 60 to 79 | 80+ | Total |
| COVID-19 Deaths | 3 | 32 | 89 | 345 | 385 | 854 |
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 |
