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The logo was designed by Chris Chipak, a member of the Red Pheasant Cree Nation.
More than a third of the new COVID-19 cases reported in Saskatchewan on Monday were people who had received two shots of a COVID vaccine.
The Ministry of Health announced 97 new cases, 35 of whom were considered fully vaccinated. That represents nearly half of the new cases who were eligible to be vaccinated.
Twenty-six of the new cases were kids under the age of 11 — the group that currently isn’t eligible to be vaccinated. Of the remaining 71 cases, 35 had received two doses of a COVID vaccine.
There were 30 other unvaccinated people among the new cases and six people who were partially vaccinated.
There also were 139 recoveries and two deaths reported, dropping the active caseload to 1,201. That’s the lowest that number has been since it was 1,066 on Aug. 18.
The latest fatalities were both from the Regina region. One was in the 20-to-39 age group and the other was between the ages of 60 and 79.
So far, 896 Saskatchewan residents have died as a result of COVID.
The number of COVID patients in Saskatchewan hospitals increased by three from Sunday’s report, to 171.
There were 45 people with COVID in the province’s intensive care units, and 12 Saskatchewan ICU patients were receiving treatment in Ontario.
A look at the numbers
The new cases were reported in the Saskatoon (22), Regina (17), north-central (16), south-central (14), northwest (nine), southeast (eight), central-east (four), southwest (three) and central-west (two) zones. The hometowns of two cases are pending.
The seven-day average of new COVID cases dropped to 110, or 9.1 per 100,000 people. The test positivity rate was 8.7.
To date, there have been 79,594 cases and 77,497 recoveries reported in Saskatchewan.
There were 1,029 doses of COVID vaccines given in the province in the latest reporting period, comprising 254 first shots and 775 second shots.
So far, 1,701,145 shots have been given in the province and 819,845 people have got two doses and are considered fully vaccinated.