COVID-19 in Sask.: 128 new cases, 3 more deaths

Saskatchewan is reporting 128 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Monday, as well as three more deaths of people who had the illness.

That brings thetotal provincial death toll from the pandemic to 854 up from 708deaths reported 30 daysago.

Saskatchewan alsoreported 222 people in hospital with COVID-19 on Monday, including55 patients in intensive care. Twenty-six other COVID-19 patients from Saskatchewan were receiving ICU care outside of the province.

According to the province'sonline COVID-19 dashboard, less than a third of the new cases reported Monday (32 per cent) were in children younger than 12.

The province is now reporting 1,950 known active COVID-19 cases.

The seven-day average of daily new cases is now 188, or 15.6 new cases per 100,000 people. A month ago, that number was 479.

The new cases reported Monday are located in the following zones:

• Far northwest:
• Far northeast: three.
• Northwest: 10.
• North central: 15.
• Northeast: seven.
• Saskatoon: 30
• Central west: two.
• Central east: 17.
• Regina: 26.
• Southwest: four.
• South central: one.
• Southeast: seven.

Location information was pending for sixmore cases.

There were 1,361 moreCOVID-19 testsperformed in Saskatchewan since Sunday's update.

Meanwhile, 2,068 more COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in the province, including 546 first doses.