Northern Saskatchewan reporting half of new COVID-19 cases in the province

There are currently 2,204 active cases of COVID-19 in the province. This includes 1,029 that are in the Northern Saskatchewan zones. (Government of Saskatchewan)

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Two new deaths were also reported today bringing the provincial total to 603 Saskatchewan residents with COVID-19 that have died. This means a provincial case fatality rate of 1.1 per cent.

About two-fifths (39.4 per cent) of new cases are in the 20 to 39 years age category.

About one in six (17.9 per cent) new cases was fully vaccinated.

There are currently 694,804 Saskatchewan residents who are fully vaccinated and a total of 1,476,374 vaccines that have been administered as of Aug. 31.

COVID-19 Summary for August 31, 2021:

There were 1,567 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan from August 25–31, bringing the provincial total to 54,367 cases. Nine hundred and seventy-seven recoveries were recorded during the same period.

Eleven new deaths were reported August 25–31.

From August 25–31, 13,994 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 1,476,374.

As of August 31, 77 per cent of those 12+ have received their first dose and 68 per cent of those 12+ are fully vaccinated.

NITHA Saskatchewan Data

As of Aug. 30, there are 266 active cases of COVID-19 in NITHA communities.

These cases are located in the Far North Central (Athabasca), 19; Far North West, 51; Far North East, 166; North Central, 26; and North East, four.

As of Aug. 30, there are 266 active cases of COVID-19 in NITHA communities, a 142 of which are variants of concern. (Facebook/NITHA Saskatchewan)

There are 142 active cases of COVID-19 Variants of Concern (VOCs) in NITHA communities. These cases are located in the Far North Central; 10, Far North West, 38; and Far North East, 71; North Central, 20; and North East, three.

There have been 4,448 cases (94 per cent) have recovered, and seven people are hospitalized.

Athabasca Health Authority Update

In a recent email update from the Athabasca Health Authority, executive director of Primary Health Care, Taiwo Olubanwo, made note of a few COVID related data coming out of the authority.

No reported new COVID-19 cases were reported over the previous weekend with three new cases reported in Black Lake on Aug. 30.

Ten cases are currently active; four cases in Black Lake, and three in both Fond Du Lac and Stony Rapids.

Nine recoveries were reported in Black Lake within the past two days.

The trend of COVID-19 cases seems promising and the trend will continue to be promising should all of our communities community continue to follow all the measures and take the vaccines.

Fond Du Lac although with three active cases, is currently under watch – more recommendations to be shared in the coming days.

More than 50 per cent of people living in Fond Du Lac have received their first doses whilst more than one in three has been fully vaccinated in FDL. Olubanwo noted that this is indeed promising.

More people got vaccinated within the past two weeks in two of our communities where low uptake was reported in the recent time.

Nearly all the AHA staff and contractors have been vaccinated. Although some were vaccinated before, more staff and contractors were vaccinated following the recent implementation of the AHA team COVID-19 vaccine mandate – we say a big thank you to all.

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Northern Saskatchewan reporting half of new COVID-19 cases in the province

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