Latest COVID update Sept. 19: New record for daily new cases, one new death

It is another day of rising COVID numbers.

Another 543 cases were reported, raising the active total to 4,586.

That is the highest one-day total of new cases Saskatchewan has ever recorded. The previous high was 506 cases, set on Monday.

The province also reported new records in hospitalizations (249) and patients in intensive care (55).

According to the Ministry of Health:

• The new cases are located in the Far North West (26), Far North East (15), North West (64), North Central (70), North East (48), Saskatoon (149), Central West (8), Central East (28), Regina (47), South West (24), South Central (19) and South East (26) zones and 19 new cases have pending residence information
• 62,101 cases are confirmed
  • 15,006 cases are from the Saskatoon area
  • 14,880 cases are from the North area (6,244 North West, 6,326 North Central, 2,310 North East)
  • 13,000 cases are from the Regina area
  • 7,698 cases are from the Far North area (3,598 Far North West, 521 Far North Central, 3,579 Far North East)
  • 7,095 cases are from the South area (1,467 South West, 2,239 South Central, 3,389 South East)
  • 3,991 cases are from the Central area (1,104 Central West, 2,887 Central East)
  • 431 cases have pending residence information
• 4,586 cases are considered active and 56,876 cases are considered recovered
• Over one-third (34.1%) of new cases are in the 19 years and under age category
• One in five (20%) of those eligible for vaccination (aged 12 years and older) were fully vaccinated
• Of the 249 patients in Saskatchewan hospitals, 190 (76.3%) were not fully vaccinated
• One (1) new death reported today. 639 Saskatchewan residents with COVID-19 have died with a case fatality rate of 1.0%
• 1,090,734 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of September 16th, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers are available from PHAC, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 914,105 tests performed per million. The national rate of 1,104,415 tests performed per million.
• The 7-day average of new COVID-19 case numbers was 484 (40.2 new cases per 100,000)