The province is reporting seven more COVID-19 related deaths. This brings the total to 98.
Five of the seven were aged 80 plus with four from Saskatoon and one from Regina. The other two to die were a person in their 20’s from the Northwest region and a person in their 50’s in the west-central zone.
The news comes on a day when 194 new cases are being announced to go along with 363 recoveries which puts the active case count at 4,204. The seven-day average of daily new cases is now at 263 or 21.7 new cases per 100,000 population.
The new cases are located in the Far North West (13), Far North Central (1), Far North East (11), North West (28), North Central (21), North East (2), Saskatoon (53), Central East (5), Regina (37), South West (1), South Central (5) and South East (14) zones and three (3) new cases have pending residence information.
Three previously reported cases with pending residence information were assigned to the Regina zone.
124 people are in hospital. 98 people are receiving inpatient care: two in the Far North West, nine in the North West, 10 in the North Central, 45 in Saskatoon, one in the Central East, 27 in Regina, one in the South West and three in the South East zones. 26 people are in intensive care: five in the North Central, nine in Saskatoon, eleven in Regina, and one in the South West.
