It was a minus-11 day in Saskatchewan…as in 11 fewer active cases of COVID-19 Tuesday from Monday, not the celsius temperature!

Tuesday’s update had seven new cases of the novel coronavirus in the province…six from the Regina area and one from the Central East zone…along with 18 people having recovered from COVID-19. That means a total of 1,899 reported cases and 1,737 recoveries, leaving 138 active cases of the virus. Of those 138 active cases, eight people are hospitalized and receiving inpatient care…seven in Saskatoon and one in Regina.

Of the 1,899 cases in the province to date:

• 286 cases are travellers;
• 936 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
• 555 have no known exposures; and
• 122 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.
• 325 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
• 621 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 584 are in the 40-59 age range; 306 are in the 60-79 age range; and 63 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)
  • 385 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)
  • 276 cases are from the north area (132 north west, 77 north central, 67 north east)
  • 256 cases are from the central area (175 central west, 81 central east)
  • 182 cases are from the Regina area

To date, 189,515 COVID-19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of September 27, 2020 when other provincial and national numbers are available from Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 133,440 people tested per million population. The national rate was 192,079 people tested per million population.

On Monday, 1,447 COVID-19 tests were performed in Saskatchewan.