Saskatchewan has two new confirmed cases of COVID-19, the Ministry of Health said Sunday, bringing the provincial total to 632. Both cases are in the far north.
Of the 632 reported cases, 87, or 14 per cent, are considered active. Three more people have recovered, bringing the provincial total to 538.
Eighty-five per cent of people diagnosed with COVID-19 in Saskatchewan have recovered.
There are currently five people in hospital – two are receiving inpatient care (one in Regina and one in the north) and three are in intensive care (all in Saskatoon).
Sixteen people in the south region have been diagnosed with COVID-19. There have been 251 cases from the far north, 167 from the Saskatoon area, 110 from the north, 76 from the Regina area, and 12 from the central region.
Fifty cases are health care workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to health care in all instances.
Ninety-two cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
A total of 226 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 192 are in the 40-59 age range, 104 are in the 60-79 age range and 18 are in the 80-plus range.
Fifty-one per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males.
Seven deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.
Of the 632 cases in the province, 141 are travellers, 357 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 76 have no known exposures and 58 are under investigation by local public health.
To date, 43,862 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of May 22, when other provincial and national numbers were last available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 33,683 people tested per million population. The national rate was 38,035 people tested per million population.
