A Saskatchewan resident in their 50s from the far north region who tested positive for COVID-19 has died, bringing the total number of deaths in the province to eight.
An additional death is currently under investigation.
COVID-19 fatalities must be confirmed by the medical health officer to ensure that the case meets the criteria in order to be documented in the epidemiological reporting tools, before they can be publicly reported by the ministry.
There are no new cases of COVID-19, the Ministry of Health said, leaving the provincial total for reported cases at 634.
Of the 634 reported cases, 77, or 12 per cent, are considered active. Three more people have recovered, bringing the provincial total to 549.
Eighty-seven per cent of people diagnosed with COVID-19 in Saskatchewan have recovered.
There are currently five people in hospital – two are receiving inpatient care (one in Regina and one in the north) and three are in intensive care (all in Saskatoon).
The number of cases in the south region remains at 16. There have been 252 cases from the far north, 167 are from the Saskatoon area, 111 from the north, 76 from the Regina area and 12 from the central region.
Of the 634 cases in the province, 141 cases are travellers, 358 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 76 have no known exposures and 59 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-three cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
A total of 226 cases are in the 20-39 age range, 193 are in the 40-59 age range, 104 are in the 60-79 age range and 18 are in the 80-plus range.
Fifty-one per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males.
To date, 44,312 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of May 23, when other provincial and national numbers were last available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 33,994 people tested per million population. The national rate was 38,707 people tested per million population.
To date, 44,580 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province.
