The work week started with 146 active cases of COVID-19 on Monday and ended with 147 Friday in Saskatchewan. Nineteen of the active cases are in Yorkton with contact investigations having linked most cases to known clusters within the community. The Saskatchewan Heath Authority expects more positive tests in Yorkton as contact tracing continues.

Otherwise, six of 13 new cases of the novel coronavirus were reported Friday from the Saskatoon area with another four from the Central East one and one each from the North Central, North East and South Central zones. That brings the provincial total to 1,940 reported cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic was declared in mid-March. There were 10 individuals recovered in Friday’s update for a provincial total of 1,769. Of the 147 active cases of the virus, six people are in hospital…all receiving inpatient care…three in Saskatoon, one in Regina and two in the South West zone.

Of the 1,940 cases in the province to date:

• 293 cases are travellers;
• 954 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
• 565 have no known exposures; and
• 128 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.
• 333 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
• 640 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 594 are in the 40-59 age range; 309 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:
  • 445 cases are from the south area (224 south west, 202 south central, 19 south east)
  • 399 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)
  • 268 cases are from the central area (176 central west, 92 central east)
  • 188 cases are from the Regina area

To date, 195,286 COVID-19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of September 30, 2020 when other provincial and national numbers are available from Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 136,535 people tested per million population. The national rate was 197,478 people tested per million population.

On Thursday, 2,280 COVID-19 tests were performed in Saskatchewan.