There are 20 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan to report on June 21, bringing the provincial total to 746.
Eighteen of the new cases are in the south region and two are in the far north region. Of the 746 reported COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan, 88, or nearly 12 per cent, are considered active.
The province did not divulge the location of the cases in the south, or whether they are connected to an outbreak at Hutterite colonies in the Maple Creek area that occurred earlier this month.
Two of the cases that tested positive are people who reside out-of-province and are under investigation.
A total of 643 people have recovered. Eighty-six per cent of people diagnosed with COVID-19 in this province are considered to be recovered.
Three people are in intensive care: one in Saskatoon and two in the south. There are no other COVID-19-related inpatient hospitalizations.
Fifty-three cases are from the south region; 34 are considered active. There have been 301 cases from the far north, 185 from the Saskatoon area, 113 from the north, 80 from the Regina area and 12 from the central region.
Of the 746 cases in the province, 156 cases are travellers, 452 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 96 have no known exposures and 42 are under investigation by local public health.
Fifty-three cases are health care workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to health care in all instances.
A total of 108 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, 258 cases are in the 20-39 age range, 234 are in the 40-59 age range, 125 are in the 60-79 age range and 21 are in the 80-plus range.
Fifty-one per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males.
Thirteen deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.
To date, 60,060 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of June 19, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 44,955 people tested per million population. The national rate was 63,390 people tested per million population.
