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7 new COVID-19 cases, 2 recoveries

The new cases are located in the Saskatoon (5), Regina (1) and South East (1) zones
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There are seven new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Sept. 21.  

The new cases are located in the Saskatoon (5), Regina (1) and South East (1) zones.
 
Three of the new cases reported today in the Saskatoon area are associated with the workplace outbreak previously identified at Brandt Industries. To date, there have been 17 cases linked to that workplace.

There are now 1,814 reported cases, including 145 active cases.  

Investigations completed thus far have found that 27 of the 145 current active cases are from communal living settings.

A total of 10 people are in hospital. Nine people are receiving inpatient care — seven in Saskatoon, one in Regina, and one in the South Central zone. One person is in intensive care in Saskatoon.

Two more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 1,645 recoveries.
 
Of the 1,814 cases in the province to date:

  • 271 cases are travellers;
  • 887 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
  • 525 have no known exposures; and
  • 131 are under investigation by local public health.

On a regional level:

  • 439 cases are from the south area (222 south west, 199 south central, 18 south east);
  • 357 cases are from the far north area (349 far north west, 0 far north central, 8 far north east);
  • 353 cases are from the Saskatoon area;
  • 271 cases are from the north area (131 north west, 73 north central, 67 north east);
  • 234 cases are from the central area (172 central west, 62 central east); and
  • 160 cases are from the Regina area.

Twenty-four deaths have been reported to date.

A total of 173,764 COVID-19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 1,819 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.

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