The Government of Saskatchewan’s dashboard is reporting 576 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the province Friday. The Saskatoon zone continues to account for majority of the new infections with 146. Regina tallied 52 new cases while the North West zone reported 102 new infections. Four new deaths were included in Friday’s update bringing the death toll due to the pandemic to 741 in Saskatchewan. The seven-day average for new cases is at 461. 4,692 cases are considered active. 343 people are currently receiving treatment in hospital with 71 in an ICU.

Below are the highlights posted to the Government of Saskatchewan’s dashboard:

• As of October 8th, there are 576 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 71,034 reported cases.
• 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.
• 71,034 cases are confirmed:
  • 17,287 cases are from the North area (7,580 North West, 7,116 North Central, 2,591 North East)
  • 17,110 cases are from the Saskatoon area
  • 14,191 cases are from the Regina area
  • 8,568 cases are from the South area (1,922 South West, 2,667 South Central, 3,979 South East)
  • 8,529 cases are from the Far North area (4,012 Far North West, 540 Far North Central, 3,977 Far North East)
  • 4,720 cases are from the Central area (1,297 Central West, 3,423 Central East)
  • 629 cases have pending residence information
• 4,692 cases are considered active and 65,601 cases are considered recovered.
• More than one-fourth (29.9%) of new cases are in the age category of 20 to 39.
• Nearly one in five (19.6%) of new cases eligible for vaccination (aged 12 years and older) were fully vaccinated.
• As of October 8th, a total of 343 individuals are hospitalized, including 272 inpatient hospitalizations and 71 ICU hospitalizations. Of the 343 patients, 261 (76%) were not fully vaccinated.
• Four (4) new deaths reported today. 741 Saskatchewan residents with COVID-19 have died, with a case fatality rate of 1.0%.
• 1,163,661 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of October 6, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers are available from PHAC, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 979,885 tests performed per million population. The national rate was 1,159,521 tests performed per million population.
• The 7-day average of new COVID-19 case numbers was 461 (38.2 new cases per 100,000).