On the first day of October, 14 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Saskatchewan, bringing the total to 1,927 reported cases.
One new case is in the North Central, one is in North East, five are in Central East, four are in Regina, two – in South West and one in South Central zone.
Of the 1,927 reported cases, 144 are considered active. A total of 1,759 people have recovered.
Seven people are in hospital, all are receiving inpatient care; four of those are in Saskatoon, one is in Regina and two are in the South West.
Of the 1,927 cases in the province to date:
- 291 cases are travellers;
- 944 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 564 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.
- 331 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
- 634 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 589 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.
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There are:
- 444 cases are from the south area (224 south west, 201 south central, 19 south east)
- 393 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)
- 279 cases are from the north area (132 north west, 79 north central, 68 north east)
- 264 cases are from the central area (176 central west, 88 central east)
- 188 cases are from the Regina area
To date, 193,006 COVID-19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of Sept. 29, when other provincial and national numbers are available from Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 135,135 people tested per million population. The national rate was 196,693 people tested per million population.
Yesterday, 2,211 COVID-19 tests were performed in Saskatchewan.
