Dr. Saqib Shahab, the province's chief medical health officer. (File photo/CKOM News Staff)

By paNOW Staff

Smaller Bubbles

Province records 16 new cases, advises reducing contacts

Oct 6, 2020 | 2:10 PM

There are 16 new cases of COVID-19 to report in the province and 20 more recoveries.

The provincial total is now at 1,984.

The new cases are in the Far North West (one), North Central (one), Saskatoon (six), Central East (three), Regina (two) and South East (two) zones.

Of the total cases, 139 are considered active. A total of 1,821 people have recovered.

Two people are in hospital. One is receiving inpatient care in Saskatoon and one is receiving intensive care in Regina.

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Of the 1,984 cases in Saskatchewan, 303 are travellers, 984 are community contacts, 570 have no known exposures and 127 remain under investigation by public health.

Across the province, 76 are health care workers although not all may have sourced their infections from work.

There are 344 cases involving people aged 19 and under. There are 656 cases in the 20 to 39 age range, 607 in the 40 to 59 age range, 312 in the 60 to 79 age range, and 65 in the 80-plus age range.

Of the total cases, 51 per cent are females and 49 per cent are males.

There have been 24 deaths recorded in the province.

In Saskatchewan there are:

• 456 cases are from the south area (225 south west, 205 south central, 26 south east)
• 410 cases are from the Saskatoon area
• 360 cases are from the far north area (351 far north west, 0 far north central, nine far north east)
• 282 cases are from the north area (132 north west, 81 north central, 69 north east)
• 281 cases are from the central area (176 central west, 105 central east)
• 194 cases are from the Regina area
• One case has pending residence location

To date, the province has performed 203,733 COVID-19 tests with 1,597 performed yesterday. Testing is available to anyone who requests it regardless of whether they have symptoms.

The latest cases in Saskatchewan as of Oct. 6. (submitted photo/SHA)

Closing the bubble

The province is asking members of the public to examine their extended household bubbles and potentially reduce the number of regular contacts.

“As the risk of local transmission increases, now is the time to reset your household and reduce the risk to those who matter most to you,” Saskatchewan Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab said. “We are now part of other cohorts: in the workplace, at school, at extracurricular activities. Observing the necessary public health guidance in each of these settings and keeping our close contact list short is a vital step in reducing the risk of COVID-19 transmission.”

• Your extended household is the people you can hug and touch, or those who can become part of your daily and weekly routines. This be should be 15 people or less. Ideally it is only members of your direct household.
• Assess your extended household. Does it include children in school settings, school staff, essential employees, or vulnerable populations like seniors or those with underlying health conditions? Consider that all of your contacts are now their contacts, too.
• In the event that you are required to provide your activities and contacts as part of a public health contact investigation, can you name all those individuals you have come into close contact with over the last two weeks? If you cannot, adjust your routines and close contacts.
• Stay home from all activities and workplaces even if you are experiencing mild symptoms.

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