There are 34 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Oct. 10.
The new cases are located in the Central East (11), North Central (7), Far North East (4), Saskatoon (3), Regina (3), Central West (2), South East (2), North West (1), and North East (1) zones.
Thirteen of the active cases in the northern zones have been linked to the Gospel Revival outbreak event. Nine of the active cases in the Central East zone have been linked to a single workplace and include employees and close contacts.
There are now 2,068 reported cases, including 161 active cases.
Six people are in hospital. Four people are receiving inpatient care — three in Saskatoon and one in Regina. Two people are in intensive care — one in Regina and one in Saskatoon.
Twelve more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 1,883 recoveries.
Of the 2,068 cases in the province to date:
- 310 cases are travellers;
- 1,027 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 592 have no known exposures; and
- 139 are under investigation by local public health.
On a regional level:
- 462 cases are from the south area (225 south west, 207 south central, 30 south east);
- 428 cases are from the Saskatoon area;
- 371 cases are from the far north area (354 far north west, 0 far north central, 17 far north east);
- 306 cases are from the central area (182 central west, 124 central east);
- 298 cases are from the north area (134 north west, 94 north central, 70 north east); and
- 203 cases are from the Regina area.
Twenty-four deaths have been reported to date.
A total of 211,320 COVID-19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 1,760 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.