(The Canadian Press)

By paNOW Staff

covid-19

13 new cases of COVID-19 in the province

Oct 2, 2020 | 2:25 PM

There are 13 new cases of COVID-19 and 10 more recoveries in Saskatchewan. Two are in the North.

According to a government media release, the new cases are located in the North Central (one), North East (one), Saskatoon (six), Central East (four) and South Central (one) zones.

Of the 1,940 reported cases, 147 are considered active. A total of 1,769 people have recovered.

Six people are in hospital and all are receiving inpatient care: three of those are in Saskatoon, one is in Regina and two are in the South West. There is no one in intensive care.

COVID-19 map. (Submitted photo/ Saskatchewan Health Authority)

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Of the 1,940 cases in the province to date 293 cases are travellers, 954 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 565 have no known exposures and 128 are under investigation by local public health.

Overall in Saskatchewan to date 73 cases are healthcare workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to healthcare in all instances.

There are 333 cases involving people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.

There are 640 cases in the 20-39 age range, 594 are in the 40-59 age range, 309 are in the 60-79 age range, and 64 are in the 80-plus range.

Fifty-one per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males.

There have been 24 deaths related to COVID-19 reported to date.

The latest numbers of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)

There are:

• 445 cases are from the south area (224 south west, 202 south central, 19 south east)
• 399 cases are from the Saskatoon area
• 359 cases are from the far north area (350 far north west, 0 far north central, nine far north east)
• 281 cases are from the north area (132 north west, 80 north central, 69 north east)
• 268 cases are from the central area (176 central west, 92 central east)
• 188 cases are from the Regina area

To date, 195,286 COVID-19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. On Thursday, 2,280 COVID-19 tests were performed in Saskatchewan.

Testing is available to anyone who requests it, regardless of whether or not they have symptoms.

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