There are 24 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Oct. 18, bringing the total to 2,330 cases. One of the new cases is in the southeast.
The new case is from Southeast Zone 4, which includes Estevan and the far southeast corner of the province. Eleven of 12 active cases for the southeast region are in Zone 4.
Saskatchewan’s new case total includes eight cases from the north central region, six from the Regina region, three from the central east, two from the central west and single cases from each of the far northwest, northwest and Saskatoon zones.
Of the 2,330 reported cases, 342, or 14.7 per cent, are considered active.
Eight more people have recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,963, or about 84.2 per cent of those diagnosed.
Fourteen people are in hospital. Twelve people are receiving inpatient care: six in the Saskatoon zone, four in the north central region, one in the Regina region and one in the central east region. Two people are in intensive care, one in Saskatoon and one in Regina.
There have been 470 cases from the south area (226 south west, 209 south central, 35 south east). The southeast now has the lowest number of cases of any region in the province, other than the far north central, a remote area that has not had any cases.
As for the rest of the province, 480 cases are from the Saskatoon area, 404 cases are from the far north area (366 far northwest, 38 far northeast), 384 cases are from the north area (145 northwest, 156 north central, 83 northeast), 332 cases are from the central area (191 central west, 141 central east) and 258 cases are from the Regina area.
Two cases have a pending residence location.
Of the 2,330 cases in the province to date, 323 cases are travellers, 1,137 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 636 have no known exposures and 234 are under investigation by local public health.
Seventy-eight cases are healthcare workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to healthcare in all instances.
A total of 406 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, 805 cases are in the 20-39 age range, 693 are in the 40-59 age range, 353 are in the 60-79 age range and 73 are in the 80-plus range.
Fifty-one per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males.
Twenty-five deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported.
To date, 230,729 COVID-19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of Oct. 16, when other provincial and national numbers are available from Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 158,234 people tested per million population. The national rate was 229,966 people tested per million population.
There were 2,765 COVID-19 tests performed in Saskatchewan on Saturday.
The Prince Albert full gospel worship event is the origin of at least 79 first and second generation cases across the province, primarily in the north. Many of the newer cases and outbreaks arising in the north are now third generation cases from this event. Note that “super spreader” events are not limited to those who attended the event itself, but quickly transmit in local settings.
