Another record day for the number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care units Monday in Saskatchewan. The Government of Saskatchewan’s dashboard update says there are 85 people in an ICU with COVID-19 and there are 250 other inpatients hospitalized with the virus. Monday’s total case count is 279 with Saskatoon accounting for 69 of the new infections followed by the Regina area with 50. Four new deaths were reported in the daily update. The seven-day average for new cases is at 319.

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

• As of October 18th, there are 279 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 74,673 reported cases
• The new cases are located in the Far North West (3), Far North East (15), North West (17), North Central (30), North East (5), Saskatoon (69), Central West (6), Central East (32), Regina (50), South West (19), South Central (12) and South East (12) zones and nine (9) new cases have pending residence information
• 30 cases with pending residence information were assigned to Far North East (from October 5 (2), October 6 (3)), North West (from September 9 (3), September 11 (2), October 14 (1), October 16 (5)), North Central (from September 28 (1), September 29 (2)), North East (from October 16 (1)), Central East (from October 7 (1)), Regina (from October 4 (1), October 7 (1), October 12 (1), October 14 (3)), South Central (from October 16 (1)) and South East (from September 23 (1), October 14 (1)) zones
• 74,673 cases are confirmed
  • 18,297 cases are from the North area (8,106 North West, 7,484 North Central, 2,707 North East)
  • 17,971 cases are from the Saskatoon area
  • 14,741 cases are from the Regina area
  • 9,036 cases are from the South area (2,037 South West, 2,758 South Central, 4,241 South East)
  • 8,875 cases are from the Far North area (4,151 Far North West, 541 Far North Central, 4,183 Far North East)
  • 5,126 cases are from the Central area (1,351 Central West, 3,775 Central East)
  • 627 cases have pending residence information
• 3,670 cases are considered active and 70,218 cases are considered recovered
• Over a quarter (27.6%) of new cases are in the age category of 20 to 39
• More than one in five (23.7%) of new cases eligible for vaccination (aged 12 years and older) were fully vaccinated
• As of October 18th, a total of 335 individuals are hospitalized, including 250 inpatient hospitalizations and 85 ICU hospitalizations. Of the 335 patients, 254 (75.8%) were not fully vaccinated.
• Four (4) new deaths reported today. 785 Saskatchewan residents with COVID-19 have died, with a case fatality rate of 1.1%.
• 1,194,988 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of October 14, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers are available from PHAC, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 1,002,046 tests performed per million. the national rate was 1,179,741 tests performed per million.
• The 7-day average of new COVID-19 case numbers was 319 (26.5 new cases per 100,000).