Thursday’s COVID-19 daily update on the Saskatchewan government dashboard reported 315 new cases of the virus. The Saskatoon zone accounted for most of the new cases with 72. The North West zone was second with 60 new infections. Five new deaths were included in the daily update with a total now of 769 residents having passed due to COVID-19 in Saskatchewan. The seven-day average for new cases in the province is at 418. 29.2 per cent of the new cases are in the 20 to 39 year-old age bracket. There are 335 people in hospital with the virus with 75 in an ICU.

Below are the highlights posted to the Government of Saskatchewan website:

• As of October 14th, there are 315 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 73,350 reported cases
• The new cases are located in the Far North West (12), Far North East (20), North West (60), North Central (25), North East (12), Saskatoon (72), Central West (2), Central East (26), Regina (29), South West (5), South Central (8) and South East (28) zones and 16 new cases have pending residence information
• 18 cases with pending residence information were reassigned to Far North West (from October 10 (1), October 12 (2)), Far North East (from October 9 (1)), North West (from September 12 (1)), North Central (from October 12 (3)), Saskatoon (from October 11 (1), October 12 (2)), Central East (from October 8 (1)), Regina (from October 11 (1), October 12 (3)), South Central (from October 12 (1)), and South East (from October 12 (1)) zones
• Twenty two (22) non-SK residents were removed from North West (from September 18 (1)), and pending locations (from September 3 (1), September 5 (2), September 6 (7), September 7 (2), September 9 (1), September 14 (1), September 15 (1), September 19 (2), September 20 (1), September 21 (2), and September 22 (1))
• 73,350 cases are confirmed
  • 17,935 cases are from the North area (7,922 North West, 7,345 North Central, 2,668 North East)
  • 17,700 cases are from the Saskatoon area
  • 14,512 cases are from the Regina area
  • 8,861 cases are from the South area (2,000 South West, 2,718 South Central, 4,143 South East)
  • 8,760 cases are from the Far North area (4,102 Far North West, 541 Far North Central, 4,117 Far North East)
  • 4,955 cases are from the Central area (1,325 Central West, 3,630 Central East)
  • 627 cases have pending residence information
• 4,294 cases are considered active and 68,287 cases are considered recovered
• More than one-quarter (29.2%) 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 14th, a total of 335 individuals are hospitalized, including 260 inpatient hospitalizations and 75 ICU hospitalizations. Of the 335 patients, 251 (74.9%) were not fully vaccinated.
• Five (5) new deaths reported today. 769 Saskatchewan residents with COVID-19 have died, with a case fatality rate of 1.0%.
• 1,183,449 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of October 12th, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers are available from PHAC, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 997,429 tests performed per million. The national rate of 1,174,624 tests performed per million.
• The 7-day average of new COVID-19 case numbers was 418 (34.7 new cases per 100,000)