The Saskatchewan Health Authority reported 48 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday.

The new cases are in the Far North West (1), North West (3), North Central (19), North East (1), Saskatoon (13), Central West (1), Central East (3), South West (1), South East (1), and Regina (5) zones.

Twelve people have recovered to bring the number of active cases to 215.

Eight people are in hospital.  Seven people are receiving inpatient care; five in Saskatoon and two in Regina. One person is in intensive care in Regina.

To date, 217,606 COVID-19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan.  As of Oct. 8, when other provincial and national numbers are available from Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 147,073 people tested per million population.  The national rate was 214,103 people tested per million population.  No update is available from October 9 and 10.

On Sunday, 3,237 COVID-19 tests were performed in Saskatchewan – the highest daily number of tests reported to date.