A third death has been announced as the province announces nine new confirmed COVID-19 cases.
As of April 1, the total is 193.
The person who died was in the 80 to 89 age range. The province is not saying where the death happened.
There are four people in hospital in the province. Three people are receiving inpatient care in Saskatoon, while one person is in the intensive care unit in Regina.
There are nine cases in central Saskatchewan, 37 in the north and 94 in Saskatoon.
Overall:
- Eighty-seven cases are travellers.
- Forty-one are community contacts.
- Eight have no known exposures.
- Fifty-seven are under investigation by local public health.
- 24 cases can be traced back to a Christopher Lake snowmobile rally dinner on March 14.
- Ninety-four of the cases are from the Saskatoon area, 43 from Regina, 37 from the north, nine from the central region, seven from the south and three from the far north.
- Six cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
- Eighty-seven cases are in the 20-44 age range; 69 are in the 45-64 age range; and 31 are in the 65-plus range.
- Fifty-five per cent of the cases are males and 45 per cent are females.
- Nine more people have recovered from COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, bringing the provincial total to 30.
- 10,528 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province
