SASKATCHEWAN

Saskatchewan has also experienced a bad fourth wave, with a number of records broken in the last several weeks.

Premier Scott Moe’s government introduced a vaccine passport.

Yet Saskatchewan also saw significant numbers of cases and deaths in the second and third waves.

In the fall of 2020, Saskatchewan experienced a second wave. There were outbreaks linked to nightclubs, health authorities said, and in November 2020, new restrictions came in that limited social gatherings.

As Christmas approached, cases continued to climb. While peak active cases are higher now, the second wave saw the most daily deaths and active case counts peaked around 4,700 — just shy of where the fourth wave has peaked.

A third wave in late March to late June 2021 also saw thousands of active cases, though never more than 3,000. This wave saw a variety of closures meant to slow the spread. It was around this time that COVID-19 variants hit Saskatchewan.

By early July, the province had a wide-ranging vaccination campaign underway, and low new daily case counts, so dropped the majority of its public-health restrictions.

The fourth wave began ticking upwards in late July and early August, eclipsing the third wave by early September.

TOTAL DEATHS 711

Total cases: 68,644

Total deaths: 711

Death rate: 59 per 100,000

Peak daily deaths: 14, Jan. 26, 2021

Current hospitalizations, including ICU: 321

Peak hospitalizations: 321, Oct. 3, 2021

Cumulative hospitalizations, including ICU: 4,250 Current ICU occupancy: 69

Peak daily ICU occupancy: 72, Sept. 30 2021 Cumulative ICU occupancy: 844

Current active cases: 4,718

Peak active cases: 4,864, Sept. 26, 2021

Peak new daily cases: 602, Sept. 30, 2021 Saskatchewan’s statistics are accurate up to Oct. 3, 2021