It was an increased numbers update in Friday’s provincial COVID-19 report.

The number of new, confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus went up to 13 Friday from six in Thursday’s update. That boosted the number of active COVID-19 cases to 66 from 59 on Thursday. And, there are two infected individuals receiving inpatient treatment in Saskatoon hospitals Friday, up from one the day before. Seven of the 13 new cases were found to be in the Central East region with four others in Saskatoon and one in each of the Regina area and the Far North East zone. The provincial totals now sit at 1,688 cases of the virus with 1,598 individuals having recovered from COVID-19.

Of the 1,688 cases in the province:

• 257 cases are travellers;
• 841 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
• 507 have no known exposures; and
• 83 are under investigation by local public health

Overall in Saskatchewan:

• 69 cases are healthcare workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to healthcare in all instances.
• 281 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
• 548 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 515 are in the 40-59 age range; 286 are in the 60-79 age range; and 58 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:
  • 428 cases from the south area (218 south west, 197 south central, 13 south east)
  • 357 cases from the far north area (349 far north west, 8 far north east)
  • 282 cases from the Saskatoon area
  • 270 cases from the north area (131 north west, 73 north central, 66 north east)
  • 212 cases from the central area (167 central west, 45 central east)
  • 139 cases from the Regina area

To date, 155,332 COVID19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of September 9, 2020, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 110,427 people tested per million population. The national rate was 159,076 people tested per million population.

On Thursday, 1,683 COVID-19 tests were performed in Saskatchewan.