There are 16 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Oct. 6.
The new cases are located in the Far North West (1), North Central (1), Saskatoon (6), Central East (3), Regina (2) and South East (2) zones and one (1) case has pending residence location.
No new cases have been found in the South Central 2 sub-zone, which includes Moose Jaw and area.
There were 20 recoveries reported Oct. 5.
There are now 1,984 reported cases, including 139 active cases.
Two people are in hospital. One person is receiving inpatient care in Saskatoon. One person is in intensive care in Regina.
Twenty more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 1,821 recoveries.
Of the 1,984 cases in the province to date:
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303 cases are travellers;
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984 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
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570 have no known exposures; and
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127 are under investigation by local public health.
On a regional level:
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456 cases are from the south area (225 south west, 205 south central, 26 south east);
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410 cases are from the Saskatoon area;
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60 cases are from the far north area (351 far north west, 0 far north central, 9 far north east)
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282 cases are from the north area (132 north west, 81 north central, 69 north east)
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281 cases are from the central area (176 central west, 105 central east)
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194 cases are from the Regina area
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One (1) case has pending residence location
Twenty four deaths have been reported to date.
A total of 203,733 COVID-19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 1,597 COVID-19 tests were performed.
For more information, visit www.saskatchewan.ca/COVID19. You can find the maps and the breakdown of cases by region on the government's website.
