There are 19 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Sept. 18.
The new cases are located in the Saskatoon (12), Central West (3), and Regina (4) zones.
Six of today's cases in Saskatoon have been identified in the workplace at Brandt Industries. The remaining cases are linked to known cases that are being tracked by public health officials.
There are now 1,776 reported cases, including 113 active cases.
Investigations completed thus far have found that 24 of the 113 current active cases are from communal living settings.
Five people are in hospital receiving inpatient care in Saskatoon.
Fifteen more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 1,639 recoveries.
Of the 1,776 cases in the province to date:
- 264 cases are travellers;
- 877 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 520 have no known exposures; and
- 115 are under investigation by local public health
On a regional level:
- 434 cases are from the south area (222 south west, 197 south central, 15 south east);
- 357 cases are from the far north area (349 far north west, 0 far north central, 8 far north east);
- 338 cases are from the Saskatoon area;
- 271 cases are from the north area (131 north west, 73 north central, 67 north east);
- 232 cases are from the central area (171 central west, 61 central east); and
- 144 cases are from the Regina area.
Twenty-four deaths have been reported to date.
A total of 166,646 COVID-19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 1,980 COVID-19 tests were performed in Saskatchewan.
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.
