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By paNOW Staff

COVID-19 provincial report

SHA reports 78 new COVID-19 cases, breaks daily case record

Oct 24, 2020 | 2:01 PM

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) reported 78 new COVID-19 cases in the province on Saturday —the highest one-day total recorded by the province to date.

The previous record was 66 back on Oct. 19.

Of the new cases, 33 are from Saskatoon, 21 from Regina, 11 from North Central, three each in the Far North West, North East and Central East zone, two in the North West and one each in the Far North East and the South East zones.

The SHA said many of the new cases in Saskatoon are largely due to socializing in bars and nightclubs by young adults. The Longbranch Bar outbreak has linked 47 cases together, while 22 are linked to Diva’s nightclub and seven to Outlaws Country Rock Bar.

Regina’s transmission seems to be with close family contacts with known cases.

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There are now 2,669 reported cases, 574 of which are active.

Twenty-one people are in hospital. Seventeen people are receiving inpatient care; eight in the Saskatoon zone, one in the Regina zone, and eight in the North zone. Four people are in intensive care; three in Saskatoon and one in Regina.

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

(submitted photo/Saskatchewan Health Authority)

Of the 2,669 cases in the province:

· 342 cases are travellers;

· 1,331 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);

· 694 have no known exposures; and

· 302 are under investigation by local public health.

Overall in Saskatchewan to date:

· 84 cases are healthcare workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to healthcare in all instances.

· 507 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.

· 942 cases are in the 20 to 39 age range; 770 are in the 40 to 59 age range; 372 are in the 60 to 79 age range; and 78 are in the 80-plus range.

· 51 per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males.

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

The latest data for COVID-19 plotted on a graph, updated to Oct. 24. (submitted photo/SHA)

There are:

o 596 cases from the Saskatoon area

o 492 cases from the north area (164 north west, 223 north central, 105 north east)

o 481 cases from the south area (228 south west, 211 south central, 42 south east)

o 429 cases from the far north area (378 far north west, 0 far north central, 51 far north east)

o 355 cases from the central area (196 central west, 159 central east)

o 314 cases from the Regina area

o Two cases with pending residence location

To date, 245,292 COVID-19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of October 22, 2020 when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 166,515 people tested per million population. The national rate was 252,120 people tested per million population.

Yesterday, 2,792 COVID-19 tests were performed in Saskatchewan.

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