A day after announcing a record 650 new cases of COVID-19, Saskatchewan had 576 new cases today (Fri), bringing the total to 71,034.
The new cases are located in the Far North West (31), Far North Central (1), Far North East (21), North West (102), North Central (34), North East (15), Saskatoon (146), Central West (3), Central East (43), Regina (58), South West (34), South Central (14) and South East (35) zones, and thirty-nine (39) new cases have pending residence information.
13 cases with pending residence information were reassigned to Far North West (from October 3 (1)), Far North East (from October 1 (1)), North West (from September 18 (1), September 19 (1), October 6 (1)), North Central (from October 6 (2)), Saskatoon (from October 3 (1), October 6 (1)), Regina (from October 2 (1), October 6 (1)), and South East (from October 6 (2)) zones.
One (1) SK resident tested positive out-of-province was added to the Saskatoon zone on October 5, 2021.
COVID-19 new cases and vaccination status, October 8, 2021
Age Group | Unvaccinated | Vaccinated, with One dose, and or two doses <14 days | Vaccinated, Second dose >=14 days | Total new cases |
0-11 | 147 | 1 | 148 | |
12-19 | 39 | 5 | 7 | 51 |
20-29 | 60 | 2 | 6 | 68 |
30-39 | 85 | 7 | 12 | 104 |
40-49 | 61 | 4 | 18 | 83 |
50-59 | 35 | 1 | 10 | 46 |
60-69 | 26 | 2 | 13 | 41 |
70-79 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 19 |
80+ | 8 | 8 | 16 | |
Total | 469 | 23 | 84 | 576 |
Four more deaths were recorded with 2 in the Regina region, and one each in the North West and Central East regions, bringing the provincial total to 741.
COVID-19 Deaths by Age Group, as of October 8, 2021
Age Group | 19 and under | 20 to 39 | 40 to 59 | 60 to 79 | 80+ | Total |
COVID-19 Deaths | 3 | 28 | 79 | 288 | 343 | 741 |
COVID hospitalizations, including the number of people in ICU, decreased. As of today, 343 people are in hospital, a decrease of 5, and 71 are in intensive care, down by 7. Of the 343 patients, 261 (76%) were not fully vaccinated.
Active cases in the province increased to 4,692, including 292 in the Central East, and 445 people recovered, increasing the total to 65,601.
The seven day average of daily new cases is 461 or 38.2 new cases per 100,000.
An additional 3,772 tests were done in the province for a total of 1,163,661.
Of the 4,657 new vaccine doses administered, 2-thousand 485 are first doses and 2-thousand 172 are second doses.
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(Photo credit: Saskatchewan Government)