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By paNOW Staff

Province sees 38 of 53 new cases reported in northern zones

Jul 21, 2021 | 3:12 PM

The province is reporting another 53 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan on July 21, nearly half of which are being reported in the Far North West zone of the province.

The 38 new cases in Northern Saskatchewan are located in the following zones: Far North West, 24; Far North Central, two; Far North East, two; North West, nine; and North Central, one. Four cases are pending residence information.

Fifty-three new cases of COVID-19 were reported today in Saskatchewan with 34 new cases being reported in the six of the province’s northern zones. (Government of Saskatchewan)

One case was reassigned to the North Central zone.

This brings the provincial total to 49,525 cases; 48,674 recoveries and 276 cases are considered active with 161 active cases in the six Northern Saskatchewan zones.

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No new deaths were reported today.

NITHA Data

As of July 20, there are 95 active cases of COVID-19 in NITHA communities. These cases are located in the Far North Central (Athabasca), seven; Far North West, 56; Far North East, 29; North Central, 0; and North East, three.

There are 30 active cases of COVID-19 Variants of Concern (VOCs) in NITHA communities. These cases are located in the Far North Central; three, Far North West, nine; and Far North East, 16; North Central, 0; and North East, two.

There has been 3860 cases (97%) that have recovered, and four people are hospitalized.

NITHA Saskatchewan are reporting 95 active cases of COVID-19 in their communities as of July 20. (Facebook/NITHA Saskatchewan)

Vaccines Reported

An additional 5,413 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 1,358,720.

The additional 5,413 doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported today were administered to residents living in the following zones: Far North West, 60; Far North Central, three; Far North East, 37; North West, 473; North Central, 641; North East, 148; Saskatoon, 1,249; Central West, 99; Central East, 317; Regina, 1,662; South West, 119; South Central, 94; and South East, 324. There were 187 doses administered with zone of residence pending.

Seventy-four per cent of those 12+ have received their first dose and 60 per cent of those 12+ are fully vaccinated.

An additional 5,413 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been reported in the province today. (Government of Saskatchewan)

This an abridged version of the daily COVID update from the Saskatchewan government.

Click here to view the full release. The province will only be releasing COVID-19 updates on weekdays. Daily cases and vaccine numbers will not be released on the weekend.

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