There are 48 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Oct. 12.
The new cases are located in the North Central (19), Saskatoon (13), Regina (5), Central East (3), North West (3), Far North West (1), North East (1), Central West (1), South West (1), and South East (1) zones.
Public health investigations are underway to understand the source of exposure for today’s new cases. There is an increase in cases throughout Saskatchewan with cases linked to public and private social gatherings in the home and other venues.
Saskatchewan’s Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab continues to call for vigilance and extreme caution for any social gathering in your home that includes anyone outside your extended household. Masks should be worn in all indoor public locations where physical distancing of two metres is not possible or predictable. Stay home if you are sick.
There are now 2,140 reported cases, including 215 active cases.
Eight people are in hospital. Seven people are receiving inpatient care — five in Saskatoon and two in Regina. One person is in intensive care in Regina.
Twelve more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 1,900 recoveries.
Of the 2,140 cases in the province to date:
- 314 cases are travellers;
- 1,061 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 603 have no known exposures; and
- 162 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);
- 442 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);
- 329 cases are from the north area (140 north west, 118 north central, 71 north east);
- 310 cases are from the central area (183 central west, 127 central east); and
- 219 cases are from the Regina area.
Twenty-five deaths have been reported to date.
A total of 217,606 COVID-19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 3,237 COVID-19 tests were performed. That is the highest daily number of tests reported to date.
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.
