There are 34 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Oct. 13.
The new cases are located in the Regina (11), North Central (9), Saskatoon (8), and Central West (4) zones.
Two case locations are pending.
Public health investigations continue to follow up on all new cases to determine if they have links to known events or if they are new transmissions within the community.
There are now 2,174 reported cases, including 238 active cases.
Nine people are in hospital. Seven people are receiving inpatient care — four in Saskatoon, one in Regina, one in North Central, and one in Central East. Two people are in intensive care — one in Regina and one in Saskatoon.
Eleven more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 1,911 recoveries.
Of the 2,174 cases in the province to date:
- 317 cases are travellers;
- 1,066 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 613 have no known exposures; and
- 178 are under investigation by local public health.
On a regional level:
- 465 cases are from the south area (226 south west, 207 south central, 32 south east);
- 450 cases are from the Saskatoon area;
- 375 cases are from the far north area (356 far north west, 0 far north central, 19 far north east);
- 388 cases are from the north area (140 north west, 127 north central, 71 north east);
- 314 cases are from the central area (187 central west, 127 central east); and
- 230 cases are from the Regina area.
Twenty-five deaths have been reported to date.
A total of 218,959 COVID-19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 2037 COVID-19 tests were performed. An incorrect number of total tests was reported yesterday; there were 684 tests that were doubled counted. The correct total number of tests performed on Oct. 11 was 2,553.
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.
