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COVID-19

Latest COVID update: 411 new cases, 476 recoveries, three deaths

Oct 16, 2021 | 2:34 PM

The latest COVID update was a bit of a mixed bag.

In its daily update Saturday, the province reported that the active case total had dropped to 4,297.

There were 411 new cases and 476 recoveries, along with three new deaths.

The pressure on the province’s hospitals continues, but there were 327 COVID patients as of Saturday. That’s 12 fewer than the day before. However, two more people were admitted to the ICU, leaving 81 people in intensive care. Of the 327 patients, 256 (74.9% per cent) were not fully vaccinated.

The new cases are located in the Far North West (18), Far North East (21), North West (51), North Central (58), North East (18), Saskatoon (98), Central West (9), Central East (39), Regina (49), South West (7), South Central (8) and South East (19) zones and 16 new cases have pending residence information.

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Around 30 cases with pending residence information were assigned to Far North West (from October 14 (8)), North West (from October 11 (2), October 13 (1), October 14 (10)), North Central (from September 9 (1), October 13 (1), October 14 (1)), Saskatoon (from October 14 (1)), South West (from October 14 (1)), South Central (from October 14 (1)), and South East (from October 7 (1), October 13 (1), October 14 (1)) zones.

Two Saskatchewan residents tested out-of-province were added to the case counts of Regina (from October 14 (1)) and South East (from Oct. 8 (1))

One case was a repeat test and removed from the North West (from Oct. 14 (1)) zone.

The Province’s Health’s Ministry reported 4,297 active cases with 69,001 cases considered recovered.

More than one-quarter (29.9 per cent) of new cases are in the age category of 11 and under and 28.5% per cent of new cases eligible for vaccination (aged 12 years and older) were fully vaccinated.

Three new deaths were reported Saturday for a total of 776 Saskatchewan residents with COVID-19 have who have died with a case fatality rate of 1.0 per cent.

The 7-day average of new COVID-19 case numbers was 367 (30.4 new cases per 100,000).

NITHA

As of Oct. 15, there are 44 new cases to report in NITHA communities. About 86 per cent were unvaccinated, seven per cent are partially vaccinated and seven per cent were fully vaccinated.

There are 271 active cases of COVID-19 in NITHA communities.

These cases are found in the Far North Central (Athabasca), 2; Far North West, 51; Far North East, 155; North Central, 57; and North East, 6. 6225 cases (95%) have recovered, and 12 people are hospitalized.

ATHABASCA HEALTH AUTHORITY (AHA)

The Athabasca Health Authority is reporting zero active cases of COVID-19 in its update Saturday. The AHA said that around 40 per cent, or two out of five people in the region are fully vaccinated.

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