There are 44 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Oct. 20.
The new cases are located in the Saskatoon (20), North East (7), North Central (5), North West (3), Regina (3), Far North West (2), Central East (2), Far North East (1), and South Central (1) zones.
The new case in the South Central is located in the South Central 2 sub-zone, which includes Moose Jaw and area.
Public health investigations are underway to determine the source of transmission for all new cases. Saskatoon’s new cases continue to be primarily linked with outbreaks at local nightclubs.
Several cases have been reassigned:
- one case with pending residence information was deemed an out-of-province resident and was removed from the counts;
- one case with pending residence information was assigned to the Far North East zone;
- one case previously assigned to the North Central Zone was deemed to be an out-of-province resident and was removed from the counts; and
- one Saskatchewan resident was tested and confirmed out-of-province and assigned to the North West zone.
There are now 2,439 reported cases, including 427 active cases.
Eighteen people are in hospital. Sixteen people are receiving inpatient care — seven in the Saskatoon zone, two in the Regina zone, six in the North Central zone, and one in the Central East zone. Two people are in intensive care — one in Saskatoon and one in Regina.
Fourteen more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 1,987 recoveries.
Of the 2,439 cases in the province to date:
- 327 cases are travellers;
- 1,182 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 653 have no known exposures; and
- 277 are under investigation by local public health.
On a regional level:
- 525 cases are from the Saskatoon area;
- 472 cases are from the south area (227 south west, 210 south central, 35 south east);
- 421 cases are from the north area (153 north west, 177 north central, 91 north east);
- 414 cases are from the far north area (371 far north west, 0 far north central, 43 far north east);
- 338 cases are from the central area (193 central west, 145 central east); and
- 269 cases are from the Regina area.
Twenty-five deaths have been reported to date.
A total of 235,530 COVID-19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 2,513 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.