Saskatchewan has four new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the provincial total to 568, the provincial Ministry of Health said Monday.
All of the new cases are in the La Loche area of the far north. Of the 568 reported cases, 199, or 35 per cent, are considered active.
Fourteen more people have recovered, bringing the provincial total to 363. Sixty-four per cent of those diagnosed with COVID-19 in Saskatchewan have recovered.
There are currently 11 people in hospital – eight are receiving inpatient care (five in the north and three in Saskatoon) and three are in intensive care (all in Saskatoon).
The number of cases for the south region remains unchanged at 15. A total of 197 of the cases are from the far north, 163 are from the Saskatoon area, 105 are from the north, 76 are from the Regina area and 12 are from the central region.
Of the 568 cases in the province, 138 cases are travellers, 288 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 66 have no known exposures and 76 are under investigation by local public health.
Overall in Saskatchewan, 48 cases are health care workers, however, the source of the infections may not be related to health care in all instances.
Seventy-nine cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults. A total of 200 cases are in the 20-39 age range, 176 are in the 40-59 age range, 96 are in the 60-79 age range and 17 are in the 80-plus range.
Fifty per cent of the cases are females and 50 per cent are males.
Six deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported.
To date, 37,439 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of May 9, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 29,029 people tested per million population, which is on par with the national rate of 29,086 people tested per million population.
