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By paNOW Staff

Five more deaths and 315 new cases of COVID-19 reported by provincial government

Oct 14, 2021 | 2:05 PM

The province is reporting another 315 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today. This includes 238 unvaccinated cases and 82 cases in children under the age of 11.

Five new deaths were also reported today. This brings the total up to 769 Saskatchewan residents with COVID-19 have died, with a case fatality rate of 1.0 per cent.

The new cases reported in Northern Saskatchewan are located in the Far North West (12), Far North East (20), North West (60), North Central (25), North East (12).

An additional 315 new cases reported today brings the active number of COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan to 4,294, 1,627 of which are active in Northern Saskatchewan. (Government of Saskatchewan)

There have now been 73,350 reported cases of COVID-19 in the province; 4,294 cases are currently considered active and 68,287 cases considered recovered.

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More than one-quarter (29.2 per cent) of new cases are in the age category of 20 to 39.

More than one-quarter (27.0 per cent) of new cases eligible for vaccination (aged 12 years and older) were fully vaccinated.

As of Oct. 14, a total of 335 individuals are hospitalized, including 260 inpatient hospitalizations and 75 ICU hospitalizations. Of the 335 patients, 251 (74.9 per cent) were not fully vaccinated.

NITHA numbers

There are 33 new cases to report today in NITHA communities.

Twenty-four (73 per cent) were unvaccinated, five (15 per cent) are partially vaccinated and four (12 per cent) were fully vaccinated.

Thirty-three new cases of COVID-19 were reported in NITHA communities in Northern Saskatchewan on Oct. 13. This brings the active number of cases to 270 as of that day. (Facebook/NITHA Saskatchewan)

There are 270 active cases of COVID-19 in NITHA communities.

These cases are located in the Far North Central (Athabasca), two; Far North West, 37; Far North East, 166; North Central, 56; and North East, nine. There have been 6162 cases (95 per cent) have recovered, and nine people are being hospitalized.

Athabasca Health Authority

No new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the Athabasca Health Authority (AHA) on Oct. 13. Following two recoveries, there are now three cases still active as of that time with three in Fond Du Lac including one hospitalization.

To view the daily highlights, current charts, and statistics from the Saskatchewan government in their entirety, click here.

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