A new location in Saskatoon for multiple COVID-19 infections. The Ministry of Health says six of the 12 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the Saskatoon area in Friday’s update are from the workplace at Brandt Industries. Public health officials say the other six cases in the Saskatoon area are linked to known cases and are being tracked by them.

The dozen confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Saskatoon area are among 19 new cases in total in Friday’s report in Saskatchewan. Four are from the Regina area and three from the Central West zone. Friday’s update has 15 individuals having recovered from the virus, leaving the active case count in the province at 113. From the active cases, five people are receiving inpatient treatment in Saskatoon hospitals while 24 cases are from Hutterite colonies.

The Saskatchewan totals since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared in mid-March are 1,776 confirmed cases with 1,639 recoveries…a 92.3% recovery rate.

Of the 1,776 cases in the province to date:

• 264 cases are travellers;
• 877 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
• 520 have no known exposures; and
• 115 are under investigation by local public health

Overall in Saskatchewan to date:

• 69 cases are healthcare workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to healthcare in all instances.
• 295 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
• 579 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 547 are in the 40-59 age range; 295 are in the 60-79 age range; and 60 are in the 80-plus range.
• 51 per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males.
• 24 deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.
• There are:
  • 434 cases are from the south area (222 south west, 197 south central, 15 south east)
  • 357 cases are from the far north area (349 far north west, 0 far north central, 8 far north east)
  • 338 cases are from the Saskatoon area
  • 271 cases are from the north area (131 north west, 73 north central, 67 north east)
  • 232 cases are from the central area (171 central west, 61 central east)
  • 144 cases are from the Regina area

To date, 166,646 COVID-19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of September 16, 2020 when other provincial and national numbers are available from Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 117,832 people tested per million population. The national rate was 170,848 people tested per million population.

On Thursday, 1,980 COVID-19 tests were performed in Saskatchewan.