There are now 412 active COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan. That is an increase of 170 from 242 on July 20.
On Wednesday, the province announced 52 new cases and 16 recoveries.
The new cases are in the Far North West, 9; Far North Central, 2; Far North East, 3; North West, 6; North Central, 4; North East, 2; Saskatoon, 9; Central East, 1; Regina, 6; and South East, 5. Five cases are pending residence information
There are 43 people in hospital including nine in intensive care. That is the lowest amount of people in hospital since November 9, 2020
No new lineage results were reported for Variants of Concern today. Of the 8,050 VOCs with lineages identified by whole genome sequencing in Saskatchewan, 7,041 are Alpha (B.1.1.7), 573 are Delta (B.1.617.2), 426 are Gamma (P.1), and 10 are Beta (B.1.351).
Just over 6,000 vaccines were given out on Wednesday. 1,206 were first doses.
| Status of Population Vaccinations, as of July 27, 2021 | |||
| Group | Estimated Population |
Received First Dose |
Fully Vaccinated |
| Age 80+ | 51,352 | 47,829 (93%) | 45,385 (88%) |
| Age 70-79 | 82,304 | 74,460 (90%) | 70,611 (86%) |
| Age 60-69 | 140,471 | 122,024 (87%) | 113,514 (81%) |
| Age 50-59 | 142,537 | 114,450 (80%) | 101,787 (71%) |
| Age 40-49 | 150,870 | 110,647 (73%) | 94,005 (62%) |
| Age 30-39 | 178,012 | 117,340 (66%) | 94,238 (53%) |
| Age 18-29 | 181,622 | 115,472 (64%) | 83,867 (46%) |
| Age 12-17 | 91,446 | 56,868 (62%) | 38,231 (42%) |
The province also announced Thursday that it will be ending daily updates with the COVID-19 vaccination and case news release becoming weekly starting August 3 meaning Friday’s update will be the last one.
While daily updates will no longer be happening, a COVID-19 dashboard, which contains daily information will continue to be updated each day.
