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By paNOW Staff

Long weekend numbers

Positive COVID scenarios as province set to move away from mass vaccination clinics

Aug 3, 2021 | 1:57 PM

Despite 175 new COVID-19 cases over the past four days, the provincial government is reporting COVID-19 successes over the past two months as hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19 have dropped.

Comparing indicators between June 1-25 and July 1-25, new cases fell from 1,848 to 894. Hospitalizations due to COVID-19 decreased from 105 to 55 and ICU admissions due to COVID decreased from 21 to 13.

For this same reporting period, deaths due to COVID-19 declined from 25 to eight. The last month with a comparable statistic is July of 2020, when the province recorded six deaths due to COVID-19.

As of Aug. 3, the total number of active cases in the six northern zones of the province is 252 out of the total 449 cases that are active province wide. (Government of Saskatchewan)

This week, the Ministry of Health will provide an update on the COVID-19 vaccination and breakthrough information for the month of July. It is anticipated that the previously observed trend will continue: vaccinations continue to prevent the most serious illness and deaths due to COVID-19.

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The previous reports are available in the COVID-19 vaccination information at Saskatchewan.ca.

As of August 8, the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) will transition from mass vaccination clinics and their online appointment booking system to focused outreach to provide COVID-19 vaccinations where residents live, work and play. Take advantage of all the vaccination clinics that are currently available including appointments with participating pharmacies and stick it to COVID this summer. After August 8, SHA pop-up and walk-in clinic information will be posted to the SHA website and advertised locally.

COVID-19 Summary for August 3, 2021:

• From July 31-August 3, 11,713 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 1,417,902.
• As of August 3, 75 per cent of those 12+ have received their first dose and 64 per cent of those 12+ are fully vaccinated.
• There were 175 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan from July 31-August 3, bringing the provincial total to 50,120 cases. One hundred and seventy-nine recoveries were recorded during the same period.
• The seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan is currently 48 (four per 100,000).
• No new deaths were reported July 31-August 3.
• Eighty-two new lineage results were reported for one Variant of Concern between July 31 and August 3.
• As of August 3, there are 58 people in hospital: 48 are receiving inpatient care and 10 are in intensive care.
• From July 31-August 3, there were 4,896 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan.

Daily provincial COVID-19 statistics by age, date and geographic zones including active cases, recoveries and confirmed variants of concern can be found at on the dashboard at www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-cases.

NITHA Data

As of Aug. 2, there are 127 active cases of COVID-19 in NITHA communities.

These cases are located in the Far North Central (Athabasca), 31; Far North West, 46; Far North East, 46; North Central, 0; and North East, four.

There are 71 active cases of COVID-19 Variants of Concern (VOCs) in NITHA communities. These cases are located in the Far North Central; 17, Far North West, 31; and Far North East, 22; North Central, 0; and North East, one.

There has been 4008 cases (96%) that have recovered, and three people are being hospitalized.

As of Aug. 2, there are 127 active cases of COVID-19 in NITHA communities in the province. This includes 71 that have been identified as variants of concern. (Facebook/NITHA Saskatchewan)

This is 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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