There are 58 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Oct. 27.
The new cases are located in the Saskatoon (29), North West (8), North Central (6), Regina (5), Central East (3), and South East (2), North East (2), Far North West (1), and Far North East (1) zones.
One case location is pending.
There are now 2,841 reported cases, including 652 active cases.
Twenty-four people are in hospital. Eighteen people are receiving inpatient care — seven in the North zone, nine in the Saskatoon zone and two in the Regina zone. Six people are in intensive care — one in the North Central zone, four in Saskatoon and one in Regina.
Fifty-six more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 2,164 recoveries.
Of the 2,841 cases in the province:
- 351 cases are travelers;
- 1,392 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 730 have no known exposures; and
- 368 are under investigation by local public health.
On a regional level:
- There are:665 cases from the Saskatoon area;
- 537 cases from the north area (175 north west, 249 north central, 113 north east);
- 489 cases from the south area (228 south west, 211 south central, 50 south east);
- 436 cases from the far north area (382 far north west, 0 far north central, 54 far north east);
- 369 cases from the central area (196 central west, 173 central east); and
- 342 cases are from the Regina area.
Twenty-five deaths have been reported to date.
A total of 253,675 COVID-19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 3,434 COVID-19 tests were performed in Saskatchewan. That is the highest daily number of tests performed to date. The previous highest was 3,049 tests performed on Oct. 11.
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.
