North Central, Regina and Saskatoon again come in with the big numbers for COVID-19 reporting on Wednesday.
There are 57 new cases in the province today bringing the total to date to 2,496 cases. There is one a piece in the Far North East and North West, 17 in North Central which includes Prince Albert, 14 in Saskatoon, 11 in Regina. The remainder are made up with four in North East, two in Central West and seven in Central East.
Saskatoon’s new cases continue to be primarily linked with outbreaks at local nightclubs. There are 469 cases of novel coronavirus which are considered active in the province and 17 people are in hospital with two of those individuals in intensive care, one in Regina and one in Saskatoon.
Of the 2,496 cases in the province to date:
332 cases are travellers;
1,215 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
674 have no known exposures; and
275 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.
463 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
866 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 730 are in the 40-59 age range; 361 are in the 60-79 age range; and 76 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:
539 cases are from the Saskatoon area
472 cases are from the south area (227 south west, 210 south central, 35 south east)
443 cases are from the north area (154 north west, 194 north central, 95 north east)
415 cases are from the far north area (371 far north west, 0 far north central, 44 far north east)
347 cases are from the central area (195 central west, 152 central east)
280 cases are from the Regina area
To date, 238,013 COVID-19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of October 19, 2020 when other provincial and national numbers are available from PHAC, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 162,549 people tested per million population. The national rate was 234,139 people tested per million population.
Yesterday, 2,483 COVID-19 tests were performed in Saskatchewan.
