COVID-19: 4 deaths, 226 hospitalizations reported in Saskatchewan | The Canadian News

Saskatchewan health officials reported Saturday that four more residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died.

There are 226 people hospitalized with COVID-19, including 53 in the ICU.

Of those 226 people, 159 or 70 percent were not fully vaccinated.

There are 23 other Saskatchewan ICU patients receiving care in Ontario.

A former ICU patient in Ontario was transferred back to Saskatchewan on Friday and is now receiving intensive care.

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Authorities added 189 new cases on Saturday.

Regina has 43 new cases and Saskatoon has 40 new cases.

The seven-day average of new cases per day is 203 or 16.8 per 100,000 people.

Authorities reported that 4,320 new doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered since Friday’s update.

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