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By paNOW Staff

Province records 34 new cases of COVID-19, gathering sizes in private residences to be reduced to 15

Oct 13, 2020 | 2:15 PM

The Government of Saskatchewan has reported 34 new cases of COVID-19 and 11 more recoveries in Saskatchewan.

The new cases are located in the North Central (nine), Saskatoon (eight), Central West (four), and Regina (11) zones. Two cases have locations pending.

With the increasing rise in cases throughout Saskatchewan, linked to public and private social gatherings, Saskatchewan’s Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab is amending the Public Health order on gathering sizes in private residences.

As of Thursday night (12:01 a.m. Friday, October 16) the maximum allowable gathering size for private gatherings in the home will be 15. Previously, the gathering size was set to 30 people maximum.

“Even with increasing community transmission rates we still have the power to effect change, to flatten that curve, but it means all residents have to do their part to help keep their friends and family safe,” Shahab said in the release.

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Shahab also strongly recommends masks be worn in all indoor public locations where physical distancing of two metres is not possible or predictable.

Public health investigations continue to follow up on all new cases to determine if they have links to known events or if they are new transmissions within the community.

Of the 2,174 reported cases, 238 are considered active. A total of 1,911 people have recovered.

Nine people are in hospital. Seven people are receiving inpatient care; four in Saskatoon, one in Regina, one in North Central and one in Central East. One person is in intensive care in Regina and one person is in intensive care in Saskatoon.

Of the 2,174 cases in the province to date 317 cases are travellers, 1,066 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 613 have no known exposures; and 178 are under investigation by local public health.

Overall in Saskatchewan to date 78 cases are healthcare workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to healthcare in all instances.

COVID-19 map. (Submitted photo/ SHA)

There are 373 cases involving people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.

There are 726 cases in the 20 to 39 age range; 658 are in the 40 to 59 age range; 347 are in the 60 to 79 age range; and 70 are in the 80-plus range.

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

There are 25 deaths related to COVID-19 reported to date.

There are:

• 465 cases are from the south area (226 south west, 207 south central, 32 south east)
• 450 cases are from the Saskatoon area
• 375 cases are from the far north area (356 far north west, 0 far north central, 19 far north east)
• 388 cases are from the north area (140 north west, 127 north central, 71 north east)
• 314 cases are from the central area (187 central west, 127 central east)
• 230 cases are from the Regina area

To date, 218,959 COVID-19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 2,037 COVID-19 tests were performed in Saskatchewan.

An incorrect number of total tests was reported in yesterday’s COVID-19 case news releases. There were 684 tests that were doubled counted, therefore the correct total number of tests performed on October 11 was 2,553.

SHA urging public to follow Public Health Orders

As stated in the release, in Saskatchewan and across the country, public health authorities are seeing increasing transmission rates as a result of contravention of public health orders and guidelines, particularly as a result of public and private gatherings.

There could be serious consequences and fines could result up to $2,000 for individuals and $10,000 for corporations, plus a victim surcharge.

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