The provincial government reported 231 new cases of COVID-19 Saturday and five deaths connected to the virus. With 322 recoveries reported, there are now 3,040 active cases across the province.  

Throughout Saskatchewan, there are 288 people in hospital receiving treatment, 77 of whom are in intensive care. The number of people in ICU is down by three from Friday, and the overall number of people hospitalized is down by 20 from Friday. 

Of the new cases that were reported, 49 were under the age of 12, and 25 were in the 12 to 19 age group. Another 77 with between the ages of 20 and 39, 36 between 40 and 59, 36 in the 60 to 79 age group and eight over the age of 80. 

Regionally, there were 48 new cases reported in Saskatoon and 43 reported in Regina. Another 24 new cases were reported in the South East region, 22 in North Central, 20 in Central East, 17 in North West, 14 in Far North West, 11 in North East, nine in South West, six in Far North East, three in South Central and one in Central West. 

There were 1,411 first doses of a COVID vaccine administered, and 2,735 of a second dose administered, for a total of 4,146. This brought the total percentage of the population vaccinated against COVID-19 up to 66.1 percent.