Saskatchewan Records 271 New Cases Of COVID-19, 495 Recoveries, 8 Deaths

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  • As of October 19th, there are 271 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 74,940 reported cases
  • The new cases are located in the Far North West (9), Far North East (11), North West (30), North Central (32), North East (3), Saskatoon (82), Central West (1), Central East (22), Regina (35), South West (6), South Central (2) and South East (10) zones and 28 new cases have pending residence information
  • 12 cases with pending residence information were assigned to North West (from October 7 (1), October 9 (1), October 14 (1), October 17 (1)), North Central (from October 14 (2)), Saskatoon (from October 7 (1)), Central East (from October 5 (1), October 12 (1)), Regina (from October 14 (1), October 17 (1)), and South East (from October 16 (1)) zones
  • Four (4) cases were removed (3 repeats & 1 unknown reason) from North West (from October 14 (1), October 15 (1)), Saskatoon (from October 13 (1)) and one (1) with pending residence information (from October 9)

A detailed map of COVID-19 case locations can be found here.

  • 74,940 cases are confirmed
    • 18,366 cases are from the North area (8,138 North West, 7,518 North Central, 2,710 North East)
    • 18,053 cases are from the Saskatoon area
    • 14,778 cases are from the Regina area
    • 9,055 cases are from the South area (2,043 South West, 2,760 South Central, 4,252 South East)
    • 8,895 cases are from the Far North area (4,160 Far North West, 541 Far North Central, 4,194 Far North East)
    • 5,151 cases are from the Central area (1,352 Central West, 3,799 Central East)
    • 642 cases have pending residence information
  • 3,434 cases are considered active and 70,713 cases are considered recovered
  • Over a quarter (28.4%) of new cases are in the age category of 20 to 39
  • More than one-quarter (27.0%) of new cases eligible for vaccination (aged 12 years and older) were fully vaccinated
  • As of October 19th, a total of 335 individuals are hospitalized, including 252 inpatient hospitalizations and 83 ICU hospitalizations. Of the 335 patients, 251 (74.9%) were not fully vaccinated. In addition, one (1) ICU patient has been transferred to Ontario.
  • Eight (8) new deaths reported today. 793 Saskatchewan residents with COVID-19 have died, with a case fatality rate of 1.1%.
  • 1,197,080 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of October 17th, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers are available from PHAC, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 1,009,663 tests performed per million. The national rate was 1,187,742 tests performed per million population.
  • The 7-day average of new COVID-19 case numbers was 319 (26.5 new cases per 100,000)

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