There is one new case of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan to report on June 16, bringing the provincial total to 684. The new case is in the Saskatoon region.
Of the 684 reported COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan, 40, or about six per cent, are considered active. A total of 631 individuals, or about 92 per cent, have recovered.
Two people are receiving inpatient care; one in the north and one in Saskatoon. One person in intensive care in Saskatoon.
Nineteen cases have been diagnosed in the south to date. Two of them are considered active. There have been 277 cases from the far north, 182 from the Saskatoon area, 112 from the north, 80 from the Regina area and 12 from the central region.
Of the 684 cases in the province, 146 cases are travellers, 409 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 81 have no known exposures and 48 are under investigation by local public health.
Fifty-two cases are health care workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to health care in all instances.
A total of 104 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
Meanwhile, 241 cases are in the 20-39 age range, 207 are in the 40-59 age range, 114 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.
Thirteen deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported.
To date, 56,715 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of June 14, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 42,855 people tested per million population. The national rate was 58,088 people tested per million population.
