Saskatchewan reported 411 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, increasing the provincial total to 74,074.
The new cases are located in the Far North West (18), Far North East (21), North West (51), North Central (58), North East (18), Saskatoon (98), Central West (9), Central East (39), Regina (49), South West (7), South Central (8) and South East (19) zones and 16 new cases have pending residence information.
30 cases with pending residence information were assigned to Far North West (from October 14 (8)), North West (from October 11 (2), October 13 (1), October 14 (10)), North Central (from September 9 (1), October 13 (1), October 14 (1)), Saskatoon (from October 14 (1)), South West (from October 14 (1)), South Central (from October 14 (1)), and South East (from October 7 (1), October 13 (1), October 14 (1)) zones.
Two (2) SK residents tested out-of-province were added to the case counts of Regina (from October 14 (1)) and South East (from October 8 (1)).
One (1) case was a repeat test and removed from the North West (from October 14 (1)) zone.
The province says more than one quarter (29.9%) of new cases are in the age category of 11 and under, while more than one quarter (28.5%) of new cases eligible for vaccination (aged 12 years and older) were fully vaccinated.
COVID-19 new cases and vaccination status, October 16, 2021
| Age Group | Unvaccinated | Vaccinated, with One dose, and or two doses <14 days | Vaccinated, Second dose >=14 days | Total new cases |
| 0-11 | 123 | 123 | ||
| 12-19 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 42 |
| 20-29 | 40 | 3 | 7 | 50 |
| 30-39 | 36 | 2 | 12 | 50 |
| 40-49 | 32 | 4 | 22 | 58 |
| 50-59 | 15 | 15 | 30 | |
| 60-69 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 29 |
| 70-79 | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
| 80+ | 6 | 9 | 15 | |
| Total | 313 | 16 | 82 | 411 |
Hospitalizations went down by 12 to 327, while 81 are in ICU, and 476 people recovered from the virus, increasing that total to 69,001. Of the 327 hospital patients, 256 were not fully vaccinated.
Three deaths due to COVID-19 were recorded, bringing the total to 776. Two of the deaths were located in the Saskatoon region and one in the North West region.
COVID-19 Deaths by Age Group, as of October 16, 2021
| Age Group | 19 and under | 20 to 39 | 40 to 59 | 60 to 79 | 80+ | Total |
| COVID-19 Deaths | 3 | 29 | 82 | 306 | 356 | 776 |
Active cases in the province decreased by 67 to 4,297.
There were 3,277 COVID-19 tests done in the province for a total of 1,189,287.
Of the 4,478 new vaccine doses reported, 1,968 were first doses and 2,510 were second doses.
The seven day average of new daily new cases is down to 367 (30.4 new cases per 100,000).
Saskatchewan’s COVID-19 Dashboard is here.
(Photo: Saskatchewan Government)