It was a positive Wednesday for Saskatchewan’s COVID-19 numbers update! While there were six new cases of the novel coronavirus reported, there were also 19 individuals said to have recovered from COVID-19, dropping the provincial number of active cases to 133 from Tuesday’s number of 146.

Three of the six new cases in Wednesday’s update come from the Regina area, two from Saskatoon and one from the Central West zone. That means the overall totals in Saskatchewan, since the pandemic was declared in mid-March, are 1,830 reported infections and 1,673 people recovered. Of the 133 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, nine people are in hospital…one in a Saskatoon I-C-U and the other eight receiving inpatient care, one of those in Regina and the other seven in Saskatoon.

Of the 1,830 cases in the province to date:

• 276 cases are travellers;
• 901 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
• 532 have no known exposures; and
• 121 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.
• 306 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
• 596 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 566 are in the 40-59 age range; 301 are in the 60-79 age range; and 61 are in the 80-plus range.
• 50 per cent of the cases are females and 50 per cent are males.
• 24 deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.
• There are:
  • 439 cases are from the south area (222 south west, 199 south central, 18 south east)
  • 361 cases are from the Saskatoon area
  • 358 cases are from the far north area (349 far north west, 0 far north central, 9 far north east)
  • 271 cases are from the north area (131 north west, 73 north central, 67 north east)
  • 236 cases are from the central area (174 central west, 62 central east)
  • 165 cases are from the Regina area

To date, 176,912 COVID-19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of September 21, 2020 when other provincial and national numbers are available from Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 125,064 people tested per million population. The national rate was 180,024 people tested per million population.

On Tuesday, 1,507 COVID-19 tests were performed in Saskatchewan.