Saskatchewan has three new, confirmed cases of COVID-19, as of April 15, bringing the provincial total to 304.
Eighteen more people have recovered, bringing the provincial total to 205. Approximately 67 per cent of the diagnosed cases are now listed as recovered.
Ninety-five of the cases are considered active.
Currently, there are eight people in hospitals across the province receiving inpatient care. Nobody is in intensive care.
Of the 304 cases in the province, 131 cases are travellers, 122 are community contacts (mass gatherings included), 30 have no known exposures and 21 are under investigation by local public health.
The number of cases in the south region remains steady at 15. There have been 147 cases from the Saskatoon area, 67 from the Regina area, 58 from the north, 10 from the central region and seven from the far north.
Thirty-four of the cases are health care workers, but the source of the infections may not be related to health care in all instances.
Twenty-two cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
There have been 130 cases in the 20-44 age range, 101 are in the 45-64 age range and 51 in the 65-plus range.
Fifty-three per cent of the cases are males and 47 per cent are females.
Four deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.
To date, 20,907 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. Saskatchewan continues to have the second highest rate of testing per capita among the provinces.
Case surveillance and testing information, including regional locations of confirmed cases, is available at www.saskatchewan.ca/COVID19.
