Saskatchewan Reports Another Big Jump in COVID-19 Cases | The Canadian News

Saskatchewan saw another big jump in COVID-19 numbers on Friday with 576 new cases.

It is the third highest increase in a day since the start of the pandemic.

Active cases rose to 4,692, up 40.9 percent from Sept. 8.

Saskatoon reported the most new cases (146), followed by the Northwest (102) and Regina (58).

Almost one in five of the new cases (19.8 percent) were in fully vaccinated people.

Another 147 cases were in children under 12 who cannot be vaccinated.

It brings the total cases in the province to 71,034, an increase of 24.1 percent from 30 days ago.

The number of hospitalizations dropped for the second day in a row.

Health officials said 343 people were being treated at the hospital for COVID-19, 71 of whom were in intensive care.

Of them, 261 patients (76 percent) were not fully vaccinated.

Hospitalizations increased 89.5 percent from 30 days ago.

The province reported four additional COVID-19-related deaths on Friday, bringing the death toll to 741.

All four deaths were people 80 years of age or older.

Authorities said there have been 65,601 recoveries from COVID-19, with 445 reported on Friday.

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