It was a day for numbers zooming upwards across the board when it came to COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, except for recoveries and vaccinations, according to Wednesday’s update from the provincial government dashboard. There were two new novel coronavirus-related deaths and 405 new COVID-19 cases, up 100 from Tuesday. Add in 256 recoveries, down 116 from Tuesday, and Saskatchewan’s active case count is up by 147 to 3,331.
The most startling increase was 27 more hospitalized patients from Tuesday, due to the virus, now at 181 in total across the province. From that number, there are 32 infections being treated in an I-C-U, up three from Tuesday.
The seven-day average for new cases of COVID-19 is now at 362, thanks to six consecutive days of 300-plus new cases in Saskatchewan. The province did report 99 more doses of vaccine administered on Tuesday as opposed to Monday, but that was only 393 total shots, of which 201 residents became fully immunized.
Highlights
- As of September 8th, there are 405 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 57,243 reported cases
- The new cases are located in the Far North West (22), Far North Central (3), Far North East (71), North West (39), North Central (78), North East (14), Saskatoon (98), Central West (7), Central East (10), Regina (17), South West (2), South Central (4) and South East (6) zones and 34 new cases have pending residence information
- Twenty-two (22) cases with pending location were assigned to the Far North West (from Sept 4 (1), Sept 6 (2)), Far North Central (Sept 6 (2)), Far North East (Sept 2 (1), Sept 3 (1), Sept 6 (1)), North West (Sept 5 (1), Sept 6 (6)), North Central (Sept 6 (2)), Saskatoon (Sept 6 (1)), Regina (Sept 6 (2)), and South East (Sept 3 (1), Sept 6 (1)) zones
- 57,243 cases are confirmed
- 13,821 cases are from the Saskatoon area
- 13,226 cases are from the North area (5,542 North West, 5,658 North Central, 2,026 North East)
- 12,609 cases are from the Regina area
- 7,068 cases are from the Far North area (3,367 Far North West, 502 Far North Central, 3,199 Far North East)
- 6,522 cases are from the South area (1,324 South West, 2,085 South Central, 3,113 South East)
- 3,684 cases are from the Central area (1003 Central West, 2,681 Central East)
- 313 cases have pending residence information
- 3,331 cases are considered active and 53,297 cases are considered recovered
- Over one-third (34.6%) of new cases are in the 20 to 39 year age category
- Over one in eight (13.3%) new cases was fully vaccinated
- As of September 8th, a total of 181 individuals are hospitalized, including 149 inpatient hospitalizations and 32 ICU hospitalizations. Of the 181 patients, 135 (74.6%) were not fully vaccinated.
- Two (2) new deaths reported today. 615 Saskatchewan residents with COVID-19 have died, with a case fatality rate of 1.1%
- 1,049,289 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of September 6, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers are available from PHAC, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 883,178 tests performed per million population. The national rate was 1,081,036 tests performed per million population.
- The 7-day average of new COVID-19 case numbers was 362 (30.0 new cases per 100,000)
