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COVID-19 in Sask.: 1,047 active cases, 150 patients in hospital
Active cases are about 33% of what they were in the province one month ago
CBC News · Posted: Nov 21, 2021 2:57 PM CT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
Saskatchewan's active COVID-19 case count continues to fall, dropping to 1,047 in the province's report on Sunday — one-third of what it was one month ago.
There were about 3,100 active cases of the virus on Oct. 21, about three times as many as Sunday, according to the province's COVID-19 dashboard.
The province posted 62 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases since the pandemic began to 80,340.
Of the new cases, about one-third are in children under 12 years old who until recently were ineligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. On Friday, Health Canada cleared a Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at a reduced dosage for children aged five to 11.
Canada is expected to receive those vaccines on Sunday.
Of the new cases who were eligible for the vaccine, about two in five were fully vaccinated. Of the total new cases, 42 people were unvaccinated, 18 were fully vaccinated and two were partially vaccinated, the province's COVID-19 dashboard said...
COVID-19 in Sask.: 1,047 active cases, 150 patients in hospital
Active cases are about 33% of what they were in the province one month ago
CBC News · Posted: Nov 21, 2021 2:57 PM CT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
Saskatchewan's active COVID-19 case count continues to fall, dropping to 1,047 in the province's report on Sunday — one-third of what it was one month ago.
There were about 3,100 active cases of the virus on Oct. 21, about three times as many as Sunday, according to the province's COVID-19 dashboard.
The province posted 62 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases since the pandemic began to 80,340.
Of the new cases, about one-third are in children under 12 years old who until recently were ineligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. On Friday, Health Canada cleared a Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at a reduced dosage for children aged five to 11.
Canada is expected to receive those vaccines on Sunday.
Of the new cases who were eligible for the vaccine, about two in five were fully vaccinated. Of the total new cases, 42 people were unvaccinated, 18 were fully vaccinated and two were partially vaccinated, the province's COVID-19 dashboard said...