Hospitalizations are nearing 200 in Saskatchewan when it comes to COVID-19. The province reported Saturday that hospitalizations went up by 8 with 198 people now in hospital. Of those 198 hospitalizations, 43 are being treated in an ICU. When it came to new cases in Saturday’s dashboard update, 341 new infections were reported. The seven-day average for new cases is 364. The province also reported one new death. 3,588 cases are considered active.
Below are highlights from the Government of Saskatchewan’s website on Saturday COVID-19 report:
Highlights
As of September 11th, there are 341 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 58,293 reported cases
The new cases are located in the Far North West (25), Far North Central (1), Far North East (29), North West (43), North Central (47), North East (17), Saskatoon (78), Central West (11), Central East (15), Regina (22), South West (5), South Central (7) and South East (18) zones and 23 new cases have pending residence information
Twenty-two (22) cases with pending location were assigned to the Far North Central (from Sept 9 (1)), Far North East (from Sept 8 (2), Sept 9 (5)), North West (from Sept 7(1)), North Central (from Sept 7 (5), Sept 8 (1), Sept 9 (3)), North East (from Sept 9 (2)), Central West (from Sept 9 (1)), and Regina (from Sept 8 (1)) zones
58,293 cases are confirmed
14,060 cases are from the Saskatoon area
13,617 cases are from the North area (5,689 North West, 5,856 North Central, 2,072 North East)
12,676 cases are from the Regina area
7,212 cases are from the Far North area (3,420 Far North West, 512 Far North Central, 3,280 Far North East)
6,630 cases are from the South area (1,344 South West, 2,106 South Central, 3,180 South East)
3,751 cases are from the Central area (1030 Central West, 2,721 Central East)
347 cases have pending residence information
3,588 cases are considered active and 54,087 cases are considered recovered
Over one-third (36.1%) of new cases are in the 19 years and under age category
One in ten (12.3%) new cases was fully vaccinated
As of September 11th, a total of 198 individuals are hospitalized; including 155 inpatient hospitalizations and 43 ICU hospitalizations. Of the 198 patients, 153 (77.3%) were not fully vaccinated
One (1) new death reported today. 618 Saskatchewan residents with COVID-19 have died with a case fatality rate of 1.1%
1,059,570 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of September 9, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers are available from PHAC, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 891,625 tests performed per million. The national rate was 1,087,342 tests performed per million.
The 7-day average of new COVID-19 case numbers was 364 (30.2 new cases per 100,000).
