Five new COVID-19 related fatalities were reported Friday in Saskatchewan. In total the province saw 528 new infections with the Saskatoon and North West zones reporting the most new cases with 96 each. Three more people are receiving care in hospital for COVID-19 with 276 in hospital, 61 of those patients are an ICU. As well, the government reports that 78.3 per cent of those hospitalized were not fully vaccinated. The seven-day average for new infections sits at 478. The amount of active cases is 4,734.

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

• As of September 24th, there are 528 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 64,402 reported cases.
• The new cases are located in the Far North West (37), Far North East (18), North West (96), North Central (57), North East (16), Saskatoon (96), Central West (15), Central East (20), Regina (48), South West (28), South Central (32) and South East (34) zones and thirty one (31) new cases have pending residence information.
• Twenty (20) cases with pending residence information were reassigned to Far North East (from August 28 (1), September 20 (1)), North Central (from September 21 (1), September 22 (2)), Saskatoon (from September 20 (1), September 22 (3)), Regina (from April 21 (1), September 19 (1), September 21 (2)), Central East (From September 20 (1)), and South Central (from September 14 (1), September 16 (1), September 19 (4)) zones.
• One (1) case in the Far North East zone (from September 9, 2021) was deemed a duplicate case and removed.
• 64,402 cases are confirmed
  • 15,520 cases are from the Saskatoon area
  • 15,497 cases are from the North area (6,564 North West, 6,554 North Central, 2,379 North East)
  • 13,279 cases are from the Regina area
  • 7,929 cases are from the Far North area (3,700 Far North West, 530 Far North Central, 3,699 Far North East)
  • 7,489 cases are from the South area (1,585 South West, 2,368 South Central, 3,536 South East)
  • 4,193 cases are from the Central area (1,164 Central West, 3,029 Central East)
  • 495 cases have pending residence information
• 4,734 cases are considered active and 59,005 cases are considered recovered.
• Less than one-third (31.6%) of new cases are in the age category of 20 to 39.
• Less than one in five (18.4%) of new cases eligible for vaccination (aged 12 years and older) were fully vaccinated.
• As of September 24th, a total of 276 individuals are hospitalized; including 215 inpatient hospitalizations and 61 ICU hospitalizations. Of the 276 patients, 216 (78.3%) were not fully vaccinated.
• Five (5) new deaths reported today. 663 Saskatchewan residents with COVID-19 have died with a case fatality rate of 1.0.
• 1,109,805 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of September 22nd, when other provincial and national numbers are available from PHAC, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 934,036 tests performed per million. The national rate was 1,120,320 tests performed per million.
• The 7-day average of new COVID-19 case numbers was 478 (39.7 new cases per 100,000).