The 418 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in Saskatchewan Friday on the provincial government dashboard is the most in a single day since November 21 of last year when 439 new cases were reported. Eighty-two per cent of the those who tested positive were not vaccinated, 5 per cent were partially vaccinated and 13 per cent had both shots.
The 418 new cases came from 3,293 tests, a 12.7 per cent positive test rate, the highest that number has been for a single day since January 11th when the rate was 15.8 per cent. Add in 152 recoveries and the number of active cases of the novel coronavirus in Saskatchewan is up to 2,755, the most since 3,272 cases were active in the province back on January 25th. Despite those numbers, there was only one more person in hospital Friday than there was Thursday, now at 135 with 23 infections being treated in an I-C-U. The latest update included two new COVID-19-related deaths. As for vaccinations, Saskatchewan is 887 second shots away from 700,000 residents being fully vaccinated against the virus after 1,542 second shots were administered Thursday out of 2,716 total doses.
Highlights
- As of September 3rd, there are 418 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 55,396 reported cases
- The new cases are located in the Far North West (20), Far North East (15), North West (50), North Central (47), North East (21), Saskatoon (131), Central West (23), Central East (11), Regina (23), South West (10), South Central (9) and South East (13) zones and 45 new cases have pending residence information
- Twenty (20) cases with pending location were assigned to the Far North West ( from September 1 (2)), Far North East (from August 13 (1), August 28 (1), September 1 (2)), North West (from September 1 (2)), North Central ( from August 22 (1), August 31 (1), September 1 (7)), North East (from September 1 (1)) and Saskatoon (from August 31 (1), September 1 (1)) zones
- Twenty five (25) cases were SK residents tested out of province and added to cases totals for Far North West (from August 22 (1)), Far North East (from August 12 (1), August 20 (1), August 25 (1)), North West (from August 23 (2), August 31 (1)), North Central (from August 5 (1), August 20 (1), August 27 (1)), Saskatoon (from August 17 (1), (August 19 (1), August 20 (1), August 21 (1), August 23 (2)), Central East (from August 25 (2), August 31(1)), Regina (from August 4(1)), South West (from August 20 (1), August 26 (1)), August 28 (1)), South Central (from August 21 (1)) and one (1) case has pending residence (from August 27))
- 55,396 cases are confirmed
- 13,275 cases are from the Saskatoon area
- 12,520 cases are from the Regina area
- 12,556 cases are from the North area (5,303 North West, 5,317 North Central, 1,936 North East)
- 6,758 cases are from the Far North area (3,259 Far North West, 493 Far North Central, 3,006 Far North East)
- 6,412 cases are from the South area (1,294 South West, 2,057 South Central, 3,061 South East)
- 3,598 cases are from the Central area (971 Central West, 2,627 Central East)
- 277 cases have pending residence information
- 2,755 cases are considered active and 52,031 cases are considered recovered
- More than one-third (34.9%) of new cases are in the 19 and under age category
- About one in seven (13.2%) new cases was fully vaccinated
- As of September 3rd, a total of 135 individuals are hospitalized, including 112 inpatient hospitalizations and 23 ICU hospitalizations. Of the 135 patients, 95 (70.4%) were not fully vaccinated.
- Two (2) new deaths reported today. 610 Saskatchewan residents with COVID-19 have died, with a case fatality rate of 1.1%.
- 1,034,171 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of September 1, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers are available from PHAC, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 870,431 tests performed per million. The national rate was 1,070,726 tests performed per million.
- The 7-day average of new COVID-19 case numbers was 302 (25.1 new cases per 100,000)
