COVID-19 in Sask.: 528 new cases, 5 new deaths, new hospitalization and ICU records

Five more people with COVID-19 have died in Saskatchewan and the province has once again reported more than 500 new cases in a single day.

Friday's statistics from the health ministry include another sign of a systemthat's under severe stress, with 276 people in hospital and 61 people inintensive care units. Both those numbers arerecords.

The spike is causing surgeries and other procedures to becancelled or rescheduled.

The province announced 528 new cases Friday, with some regions are doing better than others. The Saskatoon and northwest areas remain the worst hot spots for the disease.

There are now 4,734 known active COVID-19cases in Saskatchewan.

More than 5,000 people got vaccinated yesterday and just under 4,000 got tested for COVID-19. Both those numbers are more than double what they were a month ago.

The province says about 78 per centof those in hospital were not fully vaccinated.