September was third-deadliest month of pandemic for Sask.
CBC
Saskatchewan's fourth wave of COVID-19 hit the province in September resulting in 88 deaths, the third-highest monthly total since the pandemic began.
In the first six days of October, the province has reported 38 deaths due to COVID, higher than the combined 35 deaths reported in July and August. At the current rate, October will become the second deadliest month of the pandemic.
On Wednesday, the province recorded another record for hospitalizations and ICU admissions. There are 356 people in hospital — 76 of them are in the ICU. That's 16 more inpatient hospitalizations and another three ICU patients compared to the record set the day before.
The province reported 17 deaths in the past two days, for a total of 733 since the pandemic began. Two deaths reported Wednesday were people age 20-39.
Deaths in Saskatchewan this fall have risen rose sharply from the summer:
The second wave of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan last winter saw the most deaths:
The province reported 153 deaths from COVID-19 in all of 2020. It has reported 160 since restrictions were lifted on July 11.