There are 54 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Oct. 26, bringing the total to 2,783 cases. The new cases are located in the Far North West (2), Far North East (2), North West (2), North Central (15), North East (1), Saskatoon (13), Central East (9), Regina (9), and South East (1) zones.
Guidelines for Halloween
Public health is advising that if families are going to participate in Halloween activities, they should do so safely. Don’t attend or host large events that exceed gathering size limits under current public health orders or Reopen Saskatchewan Guidelines.
This includes house parties, public events and pub crawls. Activities that do not follow public health orders or Reopen Saskatchewan Guidelines have been shown to be possible “superspreaders” and hosts/businesses can be fined under the Public Health Act.
For guidelines regarding Halloween Trick-or-Treating (including door-to-door and Mall/Retail Trick-or-Treating) Haunted Houses and Pumpkin Patches, visit https://www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-halloween.
Public health investigations are underway to determine the source of transmission for all new cases. Of the 2,783 reported cases, 650 are considered active. A total of 2,108 people have recovered, including 23 more patients recovering as of Oct. 26.
Twenty-three people are in hospital. Eighteen people are receiving inpatient care; nine in the North zone, seven in the Saskatoon zone and two in the Regina zone. Five people are in intensive care; four in Saskatoon and one in Regina.
Of the 2,783 cases in the province, 350 cases are travelers; 1,365 are community contacts (including mass gatherings); 715 have no known exposures; 353 are under investigation by local public health, and 87 cases are healthcare workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to healthcare in all instances.
By age category, 540 cases involve people 19 years of age and under; 992 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 796 are in the 40-59 age range; 376 are in the 60-79 age range; and 79 are in the 80-plus range.
About 51 per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males.Twenty-five deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.
There are 636 cases are from the Saskatoon area; 521 cases are from the north area (167 northwest, 243 north central, 111 northeast); 487 cases are from the south area (228 southwest, 211 south central, 48 southeast); 434 cases are from the far north area (381 far northwest, 0 far north central, 53 far northeast); 366 cases are from the central area (196 central west, 170 central east); 337 cases are from the Regina area, and two cases have pending residence location.
To date, 250,241 COVID-19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of Oct. 24, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 169,663 people tested per million population. The national rate was 255,485 people tested per million population.
A total of 2,332 COVID-19 tests were performed in Saskatchewan on Oct. 25.
