There are four new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, the Ministry of Health said Saturday, bringing the provincial total to 645.
Three cases are in the far north region and one is in Regina.
Fifty-five cases are considered active, the lowest figure since March 22. About nine per cent of the cases are considered active.
Ten more people have recovered, bringing the total to 580. Ninety per cent of people diagnosed with COVID-19 in this province have recovered.
There are currently three people in hospital – two are receiving inpatient care (one in Regina and one in Saskatoon) and one is in intensive care in Saskatoon.
The number of cases diagnosed in the south region remains at 17. There have been 256 of the cases from the far north, 169 from the Saskatoon area, 112 from the north, 79 from the Regina area and 12 from the central region.
Of the 645 cases in the province, 142 cases are travellers, 379 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 76 have no known exposures and 48 are under investigation by local public health.
Fifty cases are health care workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to health care in all instances.
Ninety-five 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, 196 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.
Ten deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported in Saskatchewan.
To date, 47,114 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of May 28, when other provincial and national numbers were last available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 35,858 people tested per million population. The national rate was 42,391 people tested per million population.
