(The Canadian Press)

By paNOW Staff

COVID-19 NUMBERS

Province reports 170 new cases of COVID-19, no new deaths

Oct 25, 2021 | 2:00 PM

The Government of Saskatchewan has reported 170 new cases of COVID-19 Monday and no new deaths.

The new cases in northern Saskatchewan are found in the Far North West (one), Far North East (15), North West (13), North Central (11), North East (eight), and 23 new cases have pending residence information.

There are 2,822 cases considered active and 72,842 cases are considered recovered. Over one-fourth, (26.5 per cent) of new cases are in each of the age categories of 20 to 39 and 40 to 59 years. Over one-fourth, (29.4 per cent) of new cases eligible for vaccination (aged 12 years and older) were fully vaccinated.

In total, 293 individuals are hospitalized including 71 in the ICU. Of the 293 patients, 208 (71 per cent) were not fully vaccinated.

One additional patient has been transferred to Ontario, for a total of nine Saskatchewan cases that have been transferred out-of-province. As these patients are receiving care out of province, this number is not included in the hospitalization counts.

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In total, 1,212,748 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province.

As of Oct. 21, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers are available from PHAC, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 1,018,753 tests performed per million population. The national rate was 1,197,106 tests performed per million population.

To view the daily highlights, current charts, and statistics from the Saskatchewan government in their entirety, click here.

NITHA DATA

As of Oct. 24, there are 27 new cases to report Monday in NITHA communities.

Of the new cases, 13 (48 per cent) were unvaccinated, four (15 per cent) are partially vaccinated and 10 (37 per cent) were fully vaccinated.

There are 188 active cases of COVID-19 in NITHA communities. These cases are found in the Far North Central (Athabasca), 0; Far North West, 50; Far North East, 103; North Central, 12; and North East, 23.

There are 6,499 cases (97 per cent) recovered, and 11 people are hospitalized.

(NITHA/Facebook)

ATHABASCA HEALTH AUTHORITY

The Athabasca Health Authority has reported no new COVID cases for almost two weeks straight. There are also no active cases in their five communities.

The rate of community members getting the COVID-19 vaccine is steadily rising in their region.

“While the successes made so far are worth celebrating, be reminded that COVID-19 is still very much around as such we encourage you to continue to follow the COVID-19 prevention guidelines. We host a COVID-19 vaccine clinic frequently. We also encourage you to consider the COVID-19 vaccine if you’ve not done so,” said executive director of primary health care for the Athabasca Health Authority, Taiwo Olubanwo in an email.

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