The provincial government announced 426 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, 415 recoveries and five new deaths. 651 Saskatchewan residents with COVID-19 have died with a case fatality rate of 1.0%

The new cases are located in the Far North West (15), Far North East (22), North West (60), North Central (29), North East (7), Saskatoon (91), Central West (14), Central East (42), Regina (64), South West (14), South Central (16), South East (26) zones and twenty six (26) new cases have pending residence information.

Thirty cases with pending residence information were reassigned to Far North West (from September 18 (1), September 19 (3), September 20 (1)), Far North East (from September 6 (1), September 17 (1), September 20 (1)), North West (from September 20 (1)), North Central (from September 20 (1)), North East (from September 15 (3), September 17 (1)), Saskatoon (from September 18 (1), September 20 (4)), Central West (from September 18 (1), September 20 (1)), Regina (from September 20 (1)), South West (from September 19 (2)), South Central (from September 15 (1), September 16 (1), September 20 (2)), and South East (from September 14 (1), September 20 (1)) zones.

Of the 426 new COVID-19 cases, 340 (80%) were unvaccinated, 12 (3%) were partially vaccinated and 74 (17%) were fully vaccinated.

4,706 cases are considered active. There are 97 active cases in the Central West Zone.

There are 265 people in the hospital including 211 receiving inpatient care, including 5 in the Central West and 54 in are in ICU. 201 (75.8 per cent) of the hospitalized patients are not fully vaccinated.