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The latest cases

Province records 60 new cases of COVID-19, 25 people in hospital

Oct 25, 2020 | 2:14 PM

The province has recorded 60 new cases of COVID-19 and 15 recoveries.

The provincial total is now at 2,729 cases.

The new cases are located in the Far North West (one), North West (one), North Central (five), North East (five), Saskatoon (27), Central East (two), Regina (14), and South East (five) zones.

For more in-depth information, click the province’s dashboard here.

There are public health investigation underway to determine the source of transmission for all new cases. There are 619 active cases.

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The majority of community transmission in Saskatoon is due to young adults socializing after work. There are 48 cases linked to the Longbranch Bar outbreak, 22 related to Diva’s nightclub, 11 linked to the Canadian Brew House (Stonebridge), and eight linked to Outlaws Country Rock Bar.

The transmission in Regina is believed to be due to close family contacts with cases rather than public social activities.

Since Friday there are five more patients in hospital, bringing the total in the province to 25. Twenty-one are receiving inpatient care with 10 in the North zone, eight in the Saskatoon zone, and three in the Regina zone.

There are four people in intensive care with three in Saskatoon and one in Regina.

Of the total cases, 348 are travellers, 1,354 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 706 have no known exposures, and 321 are under investigation by local public health.

Overall in the province, 85 cases are healthcare workers (although not all were sourced from work) and 523 cases involve people 19 and under.

There are 971 cases in the 20 to 39 age range, 783 are in the 40 to 59 age range, 373 in the 60 to 79 age range, and 79 are in the 80-plus age range.

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

There have been 25 COVID-19 related deaths reported to date.

The latest cases in Saskatchewan as of Oct. 25. (submitted photo/SHA)

There are:

• 623 cases from the Saskatoon area
• 503 cases from the north area (165 north west, 228 north central, 110 north east)
• 486 cases from the south area (228 south west, 211 south central, 47 south east)
• 430 cases from the far north area (379 far north west, 0 far north central, 51 far north east)
• 357 cases from the central area (196 central west, 161 central east)
• 328 cases from the Regina area
• Two cases with pending residence location

To date, the province has performed 247,909 COVID-19 tests. Yesterday there were 2,617 tests performed.

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panews@jpbg.ca