The novel coronavirus. (Canadian Press)

By paNOW Staff

Total cases at 1,994

Province records 10 new COVID-19 cases, 11 more recoveries

Oct 7, 2020 | 2:35 PM

There are 10 new cases of COVID-19 to report in the province and 11 more recoveries.

The provincial total is now at 1,994.

The new cases are located in the Saskatoon (four), Central West (one), Central East (one), Regina (three) and South East (one) zones.

One case with a pending location from Oct. 6 was assigned to the Central East zone.

Of the total cases, 138 are considered active. A total of 1,832 people have recovered.

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Four people are in hospital receiving inpatient care in Saskatoon. There is one patient receiving intensive care in Regina.

Of the 1,994 cases in Saskatchewan, 303 are travellers, 989 are community contacts, 574 have no known exposures and 128 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 661 cases in the 20 to 39 age range, 609 in the 40 to 59 age range, 314 in the 60 to 79 age range, and 66 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.

The latest cases of COVID-19 in the province as of Oct. 7. (submitted photo/SHA)

In Saskatchewan there are:

• 457 cases are from the south area (225 south west, 205 south central, 27 south east)
• 414 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)
• 284 cases are from the central area (177 central west, 107 central east)
• 282 cases are from the north area (132 north west, 81 north central, 69 north east)
• 197 cases are from the Regina area
  The latest cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, represented in a graph, with data updated to Oct. 7. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)

To date, the province has performed 205,463 COVID-19 tests with 1,730 performed yesterday. Testing is available to anyone who requests it regardless of whether they have symptoms.

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