Saskatchewan has seven new, confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the provincial total to 278, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health said Thursday.
One hundred and sixty of the cases are considered active – five fewer than the day before.
Twelve more people have recovered, bringing the provincial total to 115.
Currently, there are eight people in hospitals across the province with COVID-19. Six people are receiving inpatient care, while two are in intensive care.
Of the 278 cases in the province, 122 cases are travellers, 96 are community contacts (mass gatherings included), 20 have no known exposures and 40 are under investigation by local public health.
Fifteen of the cases are in the south region, the same number as Wednesday. Also, 138 of the cases are from the Saskatoon area, 58 from the Regina area, 52 from the north, 10 from the central region and five from the far north.
Overall in Saskatchewan, 27 of the cases are health care workers, but the source of the infections may not be related to health care in all instances.
Fifteen cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults, with 120 in the 20-44 age range; 95 in the 45-64 age range and 48 in the 65-plus range.
Fifty-four per cent of the cases are males and 46 per cent are females.
The provincial death toll remains three.
To date, 16,672 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. This includes 1,051 tests conducted in the past day, representing the single highest number of tests conducted in a day so far. 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.
