COVID-19 in Sask.: New hospitalization records set; 519 new cases, 2 deaths

Two more people with COVID-19 have died in Saskatchewan and the province is reporting its second-highest single-day increase in new cases.

The province reported 519 new COVID-19 cases Monday — the second-highest daily increase since the pandemic started, behind only the 543 new cases reported Sunday.

Hospital numbers continue to climb in Saskatchewan, breaking a new record, according to the province's online COVID-19 dashboard. As of Monday, 253 people with the disease are in hospital, four more than the day before. Almost three-quarters (74.7 per cent) of those people were not fully vaccinated, according to the province.

Out of the 253 COVID-19 patients, 56 are in intensive care — the highest number of COVID-19 patients in ICU the province has seen during the pandemic and up by one from Sunday's number.

The two latest COVID-19 deaths in the province bring the total since the start of the pandemic to 641.

The seven-day average of new COVID-19 case numbers is 494, or 41 new cases per 100,000. One week ago, the seven-day average on the province's dashboard was at 378 or 31.3 new cases per 100,000.

Monday's new cases are located in the following zones: