The number of COVID-19 cases continues to climb at throughout the province of Saskatchewan.
One day after reporting the highest number of cases at 60, the province reported a total of 42 new cases on Thursday.
In addition, the province recorded its 16th death, a person in their 60s in the North.
As has been the case since the outbreak on a series of Hutterite colonies, the South region was the hardest hit with 23 of the new cases, while 11 are in the Central, three are in the North, three in the Far North and two in the Saskatoon region.
There are now 1,072 reported cases in the province. Currently, there are 218 active cases.
A total of 838 people have recovered.
Thirteen people are in hospital. Nine are receiving inpatient care — five in Saskatoon, two in the North, one in the South and one in Regina. Four people are in intensive care — three in Saskatoon and one in the South.
Of the 1,072 cases in the province:
- 192 cases are travellers;
- 559 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 205 have no known exposures; and
- 116 are under investigation by local public health.
On a regional level, 347 of the cases are from the Far North, 218 are from the Saskatoon area, 196 from the South, 128 from the North, 96 from the Central region and 87 from the Regina area.
Saskatchewan hit an all-time single-day high of 1,468 tests on Wednesday, bringing the total to 86, 384. The per capita testing rate sits at 62,798 per million population.
Travel in Affected Communities
Last week, everyone in the affected areas was asked to take the following steps to protect yourself and others, and reduce further spread of COVID-19:
- Stay in your home community as much as possible.
- Self-isolate and get tested if you are feeling unwell at all.
- Self-isolate and get tested if you have been in contact with anyone who is known to have tested positive.
- Limit your interpersonal contacts and group gatherings as much as possible.
The Government of Saskatchewan continues to work with the leaders of all communities where a significant number of cases exist to enact further restrictions on all non-essential travel into and out of their communities. This includes travel between Hutterite communities. It is recognized that some essential travel will be required and that will be limited to a small number of designated individuals for each community.
For more information, visit www.saskatchewan.ca/COVID19.
