COVID-19: Saskatchewan adds 5 deaths, 231 cases

Saskatoon reported 48 new cases and Regina reported 43. 

Saskatchewan officials reported on Saturday that five more residents who tested for COVID-19 have died.

Those newly reported deaths bring the provincial death toll up to 817.

The province also reported 231 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday.

Saskatoon reported 48 new cases and Regina reported 43.

The seven-day average of daily new cases is 286 or 23.8 per 100,000 people.

The province has a total of 3,040 active cases.

There are 288 total COVID-19 hospitalizations, including 77 patients receiving intensive care. As of Saturday, seven patients have been transferred out of province.

Of the 288 patients in hospital with COVID-19, 207 were not fully vaccinated.