The fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is starting to fill up hospital beds in Saskatchewan, according to the latest look at the provincial government dashboard. There are 130 individuals with a positive novel coronavirus case in hospital with 30 of those infections being treated in an I-C-U. Saskatchewan last had at least 130 COVID-19 hospitalizations back on May 26 and at least 30 virus infections in I-C-Us back on May 14. Tuesday’s update also showed two new COVID-19-related deaths along with 274 new cases and 153 recoveries, leaving the province’s active case count at 2,204. As for vaccinations, the new rates by zone and age group dashboard shows 77 per cent of Saskatchewan residents have received at least one dose with 68 per cent listed as fully vaccinated.
Highlights
- As of August 31st, there are 274 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 54,367 reported cases
- The new cases are located in the Far North West (8), Far North East (45), North West (36), North Central (40), North East (12), Saskatoon (72), Central West (7), Central East (12), Regina (10), South West (7), South Central (2) and South East (3) zones and 20 new cases have pending residence information
- 12 cases with pending location were assigned to the Far North East (from August 28 (1)), North Central (August 27 (2), August 29 (6)), Central East (August 29 (1)) and South West (August 29 (2)) zones
- 18 cases were SK residents tested out of province and added to cases totals for Far North West (from August 13 (1), August 16 (1)), North West (August 13 (1), August 15 (1)), North Central (August 10 (1)), North East (August 9 (2)), Saskatoon (August 11 (1), August 15 (1), August 25 (2), August 29 (1)), Central West (August 10 (1)), Central East (August 9 (1)), Regina (August 6 (1)), South West ( August 7 (1)), and two (2) cases still have pending resident information (August 5 (1), August 13 (1))
- One (1) case has been deemed an out of province resident and removed from North West (August 28 (1))
- 54,367 cases are confirmed
- 12,981 cases are from the Saskatoon area
- 12,461 cases are from the Regina area
- 12,233 cases are from the North area (5,169 North West, 5,166 North Central, 1,898 North East)
- 6,558 cases are from the Far North area (3,194 Far North West, 482 Far North Central, 2,882 Far North East)
- 6,338 cases are from the South area (1,277 South West, 2,043 South Central, 3,018 South East)
- 3,540 cases are from the Central area (940 Central West, 2,600 Central East)
- 256 cases have pending residence information
- 2,204 cases are considered active and 51,560 cases are considered recovered
- About two-fifths (39.4%) of new cases are in the 20 to 39 years age category
- About one in six (17.9%) new cases was fully vaccinated
- As of August 31st, a total of 130 individuals are hospitalized, including 100 inpatient hospitalizations and 30 ICU hospitalizations. Of the 130 patients, 97 (74.6%) were not fully vaccinated.
- Two (2) new deaths reported today. 603 Saskatchewan residents with COVID-19 have died, with a case fatality rate of 1.1%
- 1,024,988 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of August 29, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers are available from PHAC, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 863,032 tests performed per million. The national rate was 1,065,016 tests performed per million.
- The 7-day average of new COVID-19 case numbers was 248 (20.6 new cases per 100,000)
