Saskatchewan health officials reported on Saturday four more residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died.
There are 226 people in hospital with COVID-19, including 53 in ICU.
Of those 226 individuals, 159 or 70 per cent were not fully vaccinated.
There are an additional 23 Saskatchewan ICU patients receiving care in Ontario.
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One former ICU patient in Ontario was transferred back to Saskatchewan on Friday and is now receiving acute care.
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Officials added 189 new cases on Saturday.
Regina has 43 new cases and Saskatoon has 40 new cases.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 203 or 16.8 per 100,000 people.
Officials reported 4,320 new doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered since Friday’s update.
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