The number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients went up marginally Wednesday from Tuesday in Saskatchewan…but they are more spread out around the province. Of 139 active cases of the novel coronavirus in Saskatchewan, nine are in hospital…one in intensive care in the North Central zone and the other eight receiving inpatient treatment, five of those in Saskatoon, two in the South West zone and one in Regina,.

Wednesday’s update from the Ministry of Heath had 14 new cases of the virus in the province…eight in Saskatoon and area, two in each of the Central East and Regina zones and one infection from the North West and Central West regions. There were 13 people reported as having recovered from COVID-19 Wednesday for an overall provincial total of 1,750 while the total reported cases of the novel coronavirus, since the pandemic was declared in mid-March, has eclipsed 1,900 at 1,913.

Of the 1,913 cases in the province to date:

• 289 cases are travellers;
• 941 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
• 560 have no known exposures; and
• 123 are under investigation by local public health.

Overall in Saskatchewan to date:

• 73 cases are healthcare workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to healthcare in all instances.
• 328 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
• 627 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 588 are in the 40-59 age range; 306 are in the 60-79 age range; and 64 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:
  • 441 cases are from the south area (222 south west, 200 south central, 19 south east)
  • 393 cases are from the Saskatoon area
  • 359 cases are from the far north area (350 far north west, 0 far north central, 9 far north east)
  • 277 cases are from the north area (132 north west, 77 north central, 68 north east)
  • 259 cases are from the central area (176 central west, 83 central east)
  • 184 cases are from the Regina area

To date, 190,795 COVID-19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of September 28, 2020 when other provincial and national numbers are available from Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 134,348 people tested per million population. The national rate was 194,072 people tested per million population.

On Tuesday, 1,280 COVID-19 tests were performed in Saskatchewan.