With a return to more indoor spaces, it鈥檚 necessary to examine your extended household and potentially reduce your number of regular contacts.
鈥淎s the risk of local transmission increases, now is the time to reset your household and reduce the risk to those who matter most to you,鈥� Saskatchewan Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab said. 鈥淲e are all now part of other cohorts: in the workplace, at school, at extracurricular activities. Observing the necessary public health guidance in each of these settings and keeping our close contact list short is a vital step in reducing the risk of COVID-19 transmission.鈥�
鈥� Your extended household is the people you can hug and touch, or those who can become part of your daily and weekly routines.聽 This be should be 15 people or less.聽 Ideally it is only members of your direct household.
鈥� Assess your extended household. Does it include children in school settings, school staff, essential employees, or vulnerable populations like seniors or those with underlying health conditions? Consider that all of your contacts are now their contacts, too.
鈥� In the event that you are required to provide your activities and contacts as part of a public health contact investigation, can you name all those individuals you have come into close contact with over the last two weeks? If you cannot, adjust your routines and close contacts.
鈥� Stay home from all activities and workplaces even if you are experiencing mild symptoms.
There are 16 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Oct. 6, bringing the total to 1,984 reported cases. The new cases are located in the Far Northwest (1), North Central (1), Saskatoon (6), Central East (3), Regina (2) and 麻豆传媒AVeast (2) zones and one case has pending residence location.
Of the 1,984 reported cases, 139 are considered active. A total of 1,821 people have recovered, including 20 more as of Oct. 6.
Two people are in hospital. One person is receiving inpatient care in Saskatoon, and one person is in intensive care in Regina.
Of the 1,984 cases in the province to date, 303 cases are travellers; 984 are community contacts (including mass gatherings); 570 have no known exposures; 127 are under investigation by local public health, and 76 cases are healthcare workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to healthcare in all instances.
By age category, 344 cases involve people 19 years of age and under; 656 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 607 are in the 40-59 age range; 312 are in the 60-79 age range; and 65 are in the 80-plus range.
About 51 per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males.Twenty-four deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.
There聽are 456 cases are from the south area (225 southwest, 205 south central, 26 southeast); 410 cases are from the Saskatoon area; 360 cases are from the far north area (351 far northwest, 0 far north central, 9 far northeast); 282 cases are from the north area (132 northwest, 81 north central, 69 northeast); 281 cases are from the central area (176 central west, 105 central east); 194 cases are from the Regina area, and one case is pending residence location.
To date, 203,733 COVID-19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of Oct. 4, when other provincial and national numbers are available from Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan鈥檚 per capita rate was 142,435 people tested per million population. The national rate was 204,720 people tested per million population.
A total of 1,597 COVID-19 tests were performed in Saskatchewan on Oct. 5.
COVID-19 Testing
COVID-19 testing is available to anyone who requests it. A referral for testing can be made by contacting HealthLine 811, your physician or nurse practitioner. If you require urgent care, call 911.
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General COVID-19 Information
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