There are 10 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on September 22, bringing the total to 1,824 reported cases. The new cases are located in the Far North East (1), Saskatoon (6), Central West (1) and Regina (2) zones.
Of the 1,824 reported cases, 146 are considered active. A total of 1,654 people have recovered.
Two of the new cases reported today in the Saskatoon area are associated with the workplace outbreak previously identified at Brandt Industries. To date, there have been 19 cases linked to this cluster. The latest confirmed cases are from testing completed on close contacts of the employees and are not occurring in the workplace itself.
Investigations completed thus far have found that 24 of the 146 current active cases are from communal living settings.
A total of nine people are in hospital. Eight people are receiving inpatient care; seven of those are in Saskatoon, one is in Regina. One person is in intensive care in Saskatoon.
Of the 1,824 cases in the province to date:
Overall in Saskatchewan to date:
To date, 175,405 COVID-19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of September 20, 2020 when other provincial and national numbers are available from Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 123,972 people tested per million population. The national rate was 178,204 people tested per million population.
Yesterday, 1,641 COVID-19 tests were performed in Saskatchewan.
Supporting COVID-19 Testing
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) has been increasing testing capacity including enhancing staffing resources to better enable provincial laboratory teams to sustainably meet the goal of 4,000 COVID-19 tests per day.
Staffing:
Asymptomatic Pooled Testing:
Increasing GeneXpert Testing:
General COVID-19 Information
General public inquiries may be directed to COVID19@health.gov.sk.ca.
Find the most up-to-date version of the Re-Open Saskatchewan plan at www.saskatchewan.ca/re-open.