Influenza Vaccination Clinics Opening Today
With influenza vaccination clinics starting in Saskatchewan today, the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has returned to mass-immunization clinics, in addition to the pop-up mobile clinics that had been offered throughout August and September.
More than 50,000 appointments for immunization are currently available in the online Patient Booking System, in addition to some walk-in immunization clinics also available across the province. A further 24,000 appointments have already been booked.
For the first time, the SHA is providing an online option for booking your appointment. A flu shot booking tool is now available on their website at www.4flu.ca. Flu shot appointments can also be booked by telephone at 1-833-SASKVAX (1-833-727-5829).
Also new this year, COVID-19 vaccinations will be available at most SHA operated flu shot clinics, so residents can receive both flu and COVID-19 vaccinations at the same time and location. The COVID-19 vaccinations can be booked using the same online flu shot appointment tool or by phone. If you need both a COVID and flu shot, only one appointment is needed. Health staff are trained to offer both vaccines to those eligible.
COVID-19 Summary for October 12, 2021:
From October 6 - 12, 27,373 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 1,604,075.
As of October 12, 83 per cent of those 12+ have received their first dose and 74 per cent of those 12+ are fully vaccinated.
There were 3,410 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan from October 6 - 12, bringing the provincial total to 72,730 cases. 3,307 recoveries were recorded during the same period.
The seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan is currently 487 (40.4 per 100,000).
Twenty-seven new deaths were reported October 6 - 12.
There were 384 new lineage results reported for October 6 - 12.
As of October 12, there are 348 people in hospital: 268 are receiving inpatient care and 80 are in intensive care. Two hundred and sixty-one of the people in hospital (75 per cent) are not fully vaccinated.
From October 6 - 12, there were 28,014 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan.
Daily provincial COVID-19 statistics by age, date and geographic zones including active cases, recoveries, confirmed variants of concern and vaccination information can be found at www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19- cases.