Saskatchewan reached precisely 800 COVID-19-reated deaths since the novel coronavirus pandemic was declared when two fatalities were included in Thursday’s dashboard reading on the provincial government’s website.
In addition, there were 355 new cases of COVID-19 from 3,241 tests, the most for both of those numbers in Saskatchewan since Saturday’s update. Add in 423 recoveries and the active case count in the province is at 3,104. There are 322 individuals in hospital, including 76 infections being treated in a Saskatchewan I-C-U. Another six I-C-U patients have been transferred to Ontario as of Wednesday. Otherwise, 2,415 residents became fully vaccinated against the virus on Wednesday out of 3,839 doses administered.
Highlights
- As of October 21st, there are 355 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 75,540 reported cases
- The new cases are located in the Far North West (14), Far North East (13), North West (53), North Central (34), North East (8), Saskatoon (89), Central West (5), Central East (34), Regina (38), South West (9), South Central (11), and South East (21) zones and 26 new cases have pending residence information
- 24 cases with pending residence information were assigned to Far North East (from October 19 (1)), North West (from September 14 (1), October 15 (2), October 18 (1)), North Central (from October 9 (1), October 14 (1), October 19 (3)), Central East (from October 18 (1), October 19 (1)), Regina (from October 5 (1), October 10 (1), October 14 (2), October 15 (1), October 16 (4) October 17 (1), October 18 (1)), and South Central (from October 17 (1)) zones
- 75,540 cases are confirmed
- 18,552 cases are from the North area (8,242 North West, 7,591 North Central, 2,719 North East)
- 18,205 cases are from the Saskatoon area
- 14,870 cases are from the Regina area
- 9,128 cases are from the South area (2,057 South West, 2,774 South Central, 4,297 South East)
- 8,934 cases are from the Far North area (4,179 Far North West, 541 Far North Central, 4,214 Far North East)
- 5,223 cases are from the Central area (1,369 Central West, 3,854 Central East)
- 628 cases have pending residence information
- 3,104 cases are considered active and 71,636 cases are considered recovered
- More than one-quarter (28.5%) of new cases are in the age category of 20 to 39
- Just over one-third (34.0%) of new cases eligible for vaccination (aged 12 years and older) were fully vaccinated
- As of October 21st, a total of 322 individuals are hospitalized, including 246 inpatient hospitalizations and 76 ICU hospitalizations. Of the 322 patients, 236 (73.3%) were not fully vaccinated. Three (3) additional patients have been transferred to Ontario, for a total of six (6) SK cases who have been transferred out-of-province. As they are receiving care out of province, this number is not included in the hospitalization counts in dashboard.
- Two (2) new deaths reported today. 800 Saskatchewan residents with COVID-19 have died, with a case fatality rate of 1.1%.
- 1,202,679 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of October 19, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers are available from PHAC, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 1,013,439 tests performed per million population. The national rate was 1,191,703 tests performed per million population.
- As of today, the 7-day average of new COVID-19 case numbers is 313 (26.0 new cases per 100,000).
COVID-19 new cases and vaccination status, October 21, 2021
| Age Group | Unvaccinated | Vaccinated, with one dose, and or two doses <14 days | Vaccinated, Second dose >=14 days | Total new cases |
| 0-11 | 87 | 87 | ||
| 12-19 | 21 | 6 | 27 | |
| 20-29 | 32 | 4 | 10 | 46 |
| 30-39 | 35 | 4 | 16 | 55 |
| 40-49 | 26 | 15 | 41 | |
| 50-59 | 21 | 14 | 35 | |
| 60-69 | 12 | 8 | 20 | |
| 70-79 | 14 | 9 | 23 | |
| 80+ | 7 | 1 | 13 | 21 |
| Total | 255 | 9 | 91 | 355 |
COVID-19 Deaths by Age Group, as of October 21, 2021
| Age Group | 19 and under | 20 to 39 | 40 to 59 | 60 to 79 | 80+ | Total |
| COVID-19 Deaths | 3 | 30 | 84 | 318 | 365 | 800 |
3rd and 4th Dose Administration – As of October 19, 2021 (updated every Tuesday)
| Age Range | w/ 3rd Dose | w/ 4th Dose | Total Extra Doses |
| 12-17 | 30 | 0 | 30 |
| 18-29 | 1,259 | 6 | 1,265 |
| 30-39 | 1,756 | 3 | 1,759 |
| 40-49 | 3,423 | 31 | 3,454 |
| 50-59 | 11,623 | 540 | 12,163 |
| 60-69 | 16,729 | 1,492 | 18,221 |
| 70-79 | 4,018 | 76 | 4,094 |
| 80+ | 9,961 | 10 | 9,971 |
| Total | 48,800 | 2,158 | 50,958 |