There is one new confirmed case of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, the Ministry of Health said Thursday, bringing the provincial total to 648.
The new case is in the Saskatoon region.
Of the 648 reported cases, 29, or about four per cent, are considered active. Six more people have recovered, for a total of 608.
Ninety-four per cent of people diagnosed with COVID-19 in Saskatchewan have now recovered.
There are currently two people in hospital; both are in intensive care in Saskatoon.
The number of cases in the south region remains at 17. There have been 257 cases from the far north, 170 from the Saskatoon area, 112 from the north, 80 from the Regina area and 12 from the central region.
Of the 648 cases in the province, 143 cases are travellers, 389 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 77 have no known exposures and 39 are under investigation by local public health.
Fifty-one cases are health care workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to health care in all instances.
Ninety-six cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults. A total of 230 cases are in the 20-39 age range, 198 are in the 40-59 age range, 106 are in the 60-79 age range and 18 are in the 80-plus range.
Fifty-two per cent of the cases are females and 48 per cent are males.
Eleven deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported.
To date, 49,915 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of June 2, when other provincial and national numbers were last available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 37,781 people tested per million population. The national rate was 46,599 people tested per million population.
