A Saskatchewan resident in their 60s has died from complications related to COVID-19. The death occurred in Regina.
The province now has four deaths related to the virus.
As of April 11, 2020, Saskatchewan has four new cases and has confirmed the presumptive positive reported April 10. This brings the total to 289 cases in Saskatchewan.
Of the total number of cases, 138 cases are considered active.
Eleven more people have recovered, bringing the provincial total to 147. More than half of the people diagnosed with COVID-19 in Saskatchewan have recovered.
There are eight people in hospital in the province. Seven people are receiving inpatient care and one person is in intensive care.
Of the 289 cases in the province,126 cases are travel related, 106 are contacts or linked to mass gatherings, 22 have no known exposure and 35 are under investigation by local public health.
Overall in Saskatchewan, 15 of the cases are from the south. That number has been stable for most of the week. There are 145 cases are from the Saskatoon area, 60 from the Regina area, 52 from the north, 10 from the central region and seven from the far north.
Thirty of the cases are healthcare workers, however, the source of the infections may not be related to health care in all instances.
Eighteen cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults. A total of 126 cases are in the 20-44 age range, 96 are in the 45-64 age range and 49 are in the 65-plus range.
Fifty-four per cent of the cases are males and 46 per cent are females.
To date, 18,448 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. Saskatchewan continues to have the second-highest rate of testing per capita among the provinces.
Case surveillance and testing information, including regional locations of cases, is available at www.saskatchewan.ca/COVID19.
