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By paNOW Staff

Daily COVID-19 numbers show 73 new cases, five deaths

Nov 27, 2021 | 2:14 PM

As of Nov. 27, there are 73 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, bringing the total to 80,848 reported cases.

The new cases in northern Saskatchewan are located in the North West (six), North East (three), and five new cases have pending residence information.

There are 940 cases considered active and 78,987 cases are considered recovered. Over one-third (35.6 per cent) of new cases are in the age category of 11 or under. Just over one-half (51.1 per cent) of new cases eligible for vaccination (aged 12 years and older) was fully vaccinated.

(COVID-19 Map/Government of Saskatchewan)

A total of 138 individuals are hospitalized; including 101 inpatient hospitalizations, and 37 ICU hospitalizations. Of the 138 patients, 92 (66.7 per cent) were not fully vaccinated.

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There are six residents receiving out of province care in hospital. As these patients are receiving care out of province, this number is not included in the hospitalization counts in the dashboard.

There are five new deaths reported today for a total of 921 Saskatchewan residents with COVID-19 that have died. That puts the case fatality rate of 1.1 per cent.

NITHA data

There is one new case to report today in NITHA communities.

Of the new cases, one (100 per cent) was partially vaccinated.

There are 31 active cases of COVID-19 in NITHA communities. These cases are located in the Far North Central (Athabasca), 0; Far North West, 12; Far North East, seven; North Central, 12; and North East, 0.

There are 6,843 cases (99 per cent) recovered, and one person is hospitalized.

There is only one new cases of COVID-19 in the NITHA communities. (NITHA/Facebook)

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

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