57 new COVID-19 cases, 15 recoveries

There are 57 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Oct. 21.  

The new cases are located in the North Central (17), Saskatoon (14), Regina (11), Central East (7), North East (4), Central West (2), Far North East (1), and North West (1) zones.

Public health investigations are underway to determine the source of transmission for all new cases. Saskatoon’s new cases are primarily linked with outbreaks at local nightclubs.

Of the 2,496 reported cases, 469 are considered active.  

Seventeen people are in hospital. Fifteen people are receiving inpatient care — seven in the Saskatoon zone, two in the Regina zone, five in the North Central zone, one in the Central East zone. Two people are in intensive care — one in Saskatoon and one in Regina.

Fifteen more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 2,002 recoveries.

Of the 2,496 cases in the province to date:

• 332 cases are travellers;
• 1,215 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
• 674 have no known exposures; and
• 275 are under investigation by local public health.

On a regional level:

• 539 cases are from the Saskatoon area;
• 472 cases are from the south area (227 south west, 210 south central, 35 south east);
• 443 cases are from the north area (154 north west, 194 north central, 95 north east);
• 415 cases are from the far north area (371 far north west, 0 far north central, 44 far north east);
• 347 cases are from the central area (195 central west, 152 central east); and
• 280 cases are from the Regina area.

Twenty-five deaths have been reported to date.

A total of 238,013 COVID-19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 2,483 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.