Latest COVID update Oct. 11: Hospitalizations climb again, 425 new cases, four deaths

COVID continues to put stress on Saskatchewan’s healthcare system.

In its daily update, the province reported 14 new hospitalizations. That means 347 people are in hospital with the virus, with 79 of those in the ICU.

Active cases dropped to 4,658 as 425 new cases, 466 recoveries and four deaths were reported.

According to the Ministry of Health:

• As of October 11th, there are 425 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 72,458 reported cases
• The new cases are located in the Far North West (13), Far North East (13), North West (57), North Central (39), North East (10), Saskatoon (115), Central West (12), Central East (35), Regina (49), South West (21), South Central (12) and South East (40) zones and nine (9) new cases have pending residence information
• 9 cases with pending residence information were reassigned to Far North West (from October 9 (1)), Far North East (from October 9 (1)), North West (from October 9 (1)), North Central (from October 9 (2)), Saskatoon (from October 9 (1)), Central East (from October 9 (1)), Regina (from October 9 (1)), South East (from October 6 (1)) zones.
• 72,458 cases are confirmed
  • 17,668 cases are from the North area (7,772 North West, 7,264 North Central, 2,632 North East)
  • 17,464 cases are from the Saskatoon area
  • 14,388 cases are from the Regina area
  • 8,781 cases are from the South area (1,986 South West, 2,697 South Central, 4,098 South East)
  • 8,660 cases are from the Far North area (4,068 Far North West, 541 Far North Central, 4,051 Far North East)
  • 4,868 cases are from the Central area (1,319 Central West, 3,549 Central East)
  • 629 cases have pending residence information
• 4,658 cases are considered active and 67,049 cases are considered recovered
• Nearly one third (31.8%) of new cases are in the age category of 20 to 39
• About one in six (17.9%) of new cases eligible for vaccination (aged 12 years and older) were fully vaccinated
• As of October 11th, a total of 347 individuals are hospitalized; including 268 inpatient hospitalizations, and 79 ICU hospitalizations. Of the 347 patients, 260 (74.7%) were not fully vaccinated
• Four (4) new death reported today. 751 Saskatchewan residents with COVID-19 have died with a case fatality rate of 1.0%
• 1,175,318 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of October 7, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers are available from PHAC, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 983,085 tests performed per million. The national rate was 1,162,631 tests performed per million.
• The 7-day average of new COVID-19 case numbers was 483 (40.1 new cases per 100,000).