Five new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Saskatchewan on Sunday. With no recoveries reported, the active cases are now at 153 in the province, 63 of which are in the Saskatoon area. One person is currently in intensive care, in a Regina hospital.

The breakdown of the five new cases show 2 in the South East zone, and 1 each in Saskatoon, Regina and the Central East zone. In total there are now 1,959 reported cases in the province with 1,782 recoveries

On Sunday the province reported a total of 199,524 COVID-19 tests having been performed in Saskatchewan so far, with an additional 1,419 tests on Saturday.

Of the 1,959 cases in the province to date:

• 296 cases are travellers;
• 965 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
• 567 have no known exposures; and
• 131 are under investigation by local public health.

Overall in Saskatchewan to date:

• 74 cases are healthcare workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to healthcare in all instances.
• 340 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
• 645 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 600 are in the 40-59 age range; 310 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:
  • 452 cases are from the south area (225 south west, 204 south central, 23 south east)
  • 403 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)
  • 281 cases are from the north area (132 north west, 80 north central, 69 north east)
  • 273 cases are from the central area (176 central west, 97 central east)
  • 191 cases are from the Regina area

To date, 199,524 COVID-19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of October 2, 2020 when other provincial and national numbers are available from Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 139,886 people tested per million population. The national rate was 201,217 people tested per million population.

Yesterday, 1,419 COVID-19 tests were performed in Saskatchewan.