There are 19 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Sept. 26, bringing the total to 1,863 reported cases.
Fifteen of the new cases are from the Saskatoon region. Two are from the central east region and two are from the Regina region. Two cases previously reported have been removed, as they have been deemed to be non-SK residents.
Of the 1,863 reported cases, 134, or about 7.2 per cent, are considered active.
Six more people have recovered, bringing the Saskatchewan total to 1,705, or about 91.5 per cent of those diagnosed.
Of the fifteen new cases reported today in the Saskatoon zone, thirteen are linked to known cases or events. Public health investigations are underway to determine the source of the remaining two cases.
Eight people are receiving inpatient care; seven of those are in Saskatoon, one is in the south central zone.
A total of 441 cases are from the south area (222 south.west, 200 south central, 19 southeast). Five of the cases for the southeast are considered active; four of them are from the zone that includes Estevan.
As for the rest of the province, 381 cases are from the Saskatoon area, 358 cases are from the far north area (349 far northwest, nine far northeast); 275 cases are from the north area (132 northwest, 76 north central, 67 northeast); 240 cases are from the central area (175 central west, 65 central east); and 168 cases are from the Regina area.
Of the 1,863 cases in the province to date, 279 cases are travellers, 931 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 534 have no known exposures and 119 are under investigation by local public health.
Sixty-nine cases are healthcare workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to healthcare in all instances.
A total of 318 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, 603 cases are in the 20-39 age range, 577 are in the 40-59 age range, 303 are in the 60-79 age range and 62 are in the 80-plus range.
Fifty-one per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males.
Twenty-four deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported.
To date, 183,216 COVID-19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of Sept. 24, when other provincial and national numbers are available from Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 128,240 people tested per million population. The national rate was 185,671 people tested per million population.
A total of 2,984 COVID-19 tests were performed in Saskatchewan on Friday. This is the highest daily number of tests performed to date. The previous high was 2,873 tests performed on September 18.
