COVID-19. (The Canadian Press)

By paNOW Staff

Province records 57 new cases of COVID-19, 17 of which are in North Central zone

Oct 21, 2020 | 2:19 PM

There are 57 new cases of COVID-19 and 15 recoveries in Saskatchewan.

According to a media release, the new cases are located in the Far North East (one), North West (one), North Central (17), North East (four), Saskatoon (14), Central West (two), Central East (seven) and Regina (11) zones.

Public health investigations are underway to determine the source of transmission for all new cases. Saskatoon’s new cases continue to be primarily linked with outbreaks at local nightclubs.

Of the 2,496 reported cases, 469 are considered active. A total of 2,002 people have recovered.

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

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Seventeen people are in hospital. Fifteen people are receiving inpatient care; seven in the Saskatoon zone, two in the Regina zone, five in the North Central zone, one in the Central East zone. Two people are in intensive care, one in Saskatoon and one in Regina.

Of the 2,496 cases in the province to date 332 cases are travellers, 1,215 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 674 have no known exposures; and 275 are under investigation by local public health.

Overall in Saskatchewan to date 82 cases are healthcare workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to healthcare in all instances.

There are 463 cases involving people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.

In Saskatchewan 866 cases are in the 20 to 39 age range; 730 are in the 40 to 59 age range; 361 are in the 60 to 79 age range; and 76 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:

• 539 cases are from the Saskatoon area
• 472 cases are from the south area (227 south west, 210 south central, 35 south east)
• 443 cases are from the north area (154 north west, 194 north central, 95 north east)
• 415 cases are from the far north area (371 far north west, 0 far north central, 44 far north east)
• 347 cases are from the central area (195 central west, 152 central east)
• 280 cases are from the Regina area

To date, 238,013 COVID-19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of October 19, 2020 when other provincial and national numbers are available from PHAC, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 162,549 people tested per million population. The national rate was 234,139 people tested per million population.

Yesterday, 2,483 COVID-19 tests were performed in Saskatchewan.

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

For more specific COVID-19 data to your region, visit the Government of Saskatchewan’s dashboard.

COVID-19 Outbreak Information and Advisories

The Government of Saskatchewan posts publicly outbreaks where there has been a COVID-19 exposure risk to the public and they’ve been unable to contact possible exposure contacts.

Current information on provincial outbreaks and advisory information is available at www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-latest-updates.

NITHA communities

The Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority released their daily COVID-19 update that are specific to their communities.

According to their Facebook page, there are four cases active in the Far North West, and 29 cases are active in the Far North East. There are 48 cases active in the North Central, one of which is in hospital, and 17 cases are active in the North East. To date, 82 cases (46 per cent) have recovered.

NITHA is comprised of the Prince Albert Grand Council, Meadow Lake Tribal Council, Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation, and Lac La Ronge Indian Band.

The latest numbers specific to NITHA communities as of Oct. 21. (Submitted photo/NITHA)

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