Public health investigations have determined that 37 recently confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Saskatoon are linked to a single nightclub venue. That revelation was part of Friday’s update from the Ministry of Health that showed 33 new cases of novel coronavirus in Saskatchewan, along with 31 people recovering from their infection. That brought the provincial totals to 2,591 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 2,055 people having recovered. Add in 25 deaths and that leaves the active case count in Saskatchewan at 511. Of those active cases, 20 are in hospital…four in I-C-U, three of them in Saskatoon and one in Regina.

Of Friday’s 33 new cases of the virus in the province, nine are from Regina, five from the North Central zone and four from each of Saskatoon, North East and South East zones. In addition, three new cases of COVID-19 are reported from both the North West and Central East zones and one in the Far North West.

Of the 2,591 cases in the province to date:

• 338 cases are travellers;
• 1,299 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
• 690 have no known exposures; and
• 264 are under investigation by local public health.

Overall in Saskatchewan to date:

• 82 cases are healthcare workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to healthcare in all instances.
• 482 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
• 912 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 751 are in the 40-59 age range; 369 are in the 60-79 age range; and 77 are in the 80-plus range.
• 51 per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males.
• 25 deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.
• There are:
  • 563 cases are from the Saskatoon area
  • 480 cases are from the south area (228 south west, 211 south central, 41 south east)
  • 476 cases are from the north area (162 north west, 212 north central, 102 north east)
  • 425 cases are from the far north area (375 far north west, 0 far north central, 50 far north east)
  • 352 cases are from the central area (196 central west, 156 central east)
  • 293 cases are from the Regina area
  • Two cases have pending residence location

To date, 242,500 COVID-19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of October 21, 2020 when other provincial and national numbers are available from PHAC, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 165,237 people tested per million population. The national rate was 250,009 people tested per million population.

On Thursday, 2,297 COVID-19 tests were performed in Saskatchewan.