There are 14 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Oct. 3.
The new cases are located in the Central East (4), Saskatoon (3), Regina (2), South Central (2), South East (2), and South West (1) zones. Both of the new cases in the South Central are located in the South Central 2 sub-zone, which includes Moose Jaw and area.
There are currently 19 active reported cases in Yorkton. Contact investigations have linked most cases to known clusters within the community. Testing and contact investigations continue.
There are now 1,954 reported cases, including 148 active cases.
One person is in hospital receiving care in an ICU in the Central East zone.
Thirteen more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 1,782 recoveries.
Of the 1,954 cases in the province to date:
- 296 cases are travellers;
- 962 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 567 have no known exposures; and
- 129 are under investigation by local public health.
On a regional level:
- 450 cases are from the south area (225 south west, 204 south central, 21 south east);
- 402 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);
- 281 cases are from the north area (132 north west, 80 north central, 69 north east);
- 272 cases are from the central area (176 central west, 96 central east); and
- 190 cases are from the Regina area.
Twenty-four deaths have been reported to date.
A total of 198,105 COVID-19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 2,819 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.
