At-Risk Populations Eligible for Fourth COVID Vaccine Doses

January 6, 2022

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Those who are moderately to severely immunocompromised and have had three doses for their primary COVID-19 vaccination series are eligible to receive a booster/fourth dose at least three months after their third dose.

These individuals include those who had received a letter of eligibility from the Ministry of Health, including people receiving chemo and immuno-suppressive therapies, those with HIV or who have had organ transplants.

COVID-19 Summary for January 4, 2021:

From December 29 – January 4, 8,202 first and second doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of primary series vaccines administered in the province to 1,803,884.
An additional 38,707 third and fourth doses have been administered in the province from December 29 – January 4. Thirty-four per cent of eligible residents age 18+ have now received their booster dose.
As of January 4, 88 per cent of residents 12 years and older and 84 per cent of residents five years older have received their first dose. Eighty-four per cent of residents 12 years and older and 76 per cent of residents five years and older are fully vaccinated.
There were 3,602 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan from December 29 – January 4, bringing the provincial total to 87,167 cases. There were 962 recoveries recorded during the same period.
The seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan is currently 515 (42.7/100,000).
Thirteen new deaths were reported December 29 – January 4.
There were 93 new lineage results reported for December 29 – January 4.

Note that the Royal Romanow Provincial Laboratory is reporting that 95 per cent of new cases are Omicron cases, based on SNP testing. Based on this percentage, it is assumed that all new COVID-19 cases in the province are Omicron and the RRPL will cease performing SNP testing on new samples. All specimens from international travelers who test positive in Saskatchewan will continue to undergo whole genome sequencing to determine their lineage, as well as randomly selected cases from across the province to continue surveillance of circulating virus.

As of January 4, 95 individuals are hospitalized including 84 inpatient hospitalizations and 11 ICU hospitalizations. Of the 95 patients, 49 (51.6 per cent) were not fully vaccinated
Since October 25, 34 monoclonal antibody infusion treatments have been delivered.
From December 29 – January 4, there were 15,469 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan.

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