Saskatchewan has six new confirmed cases of COVID-19, the Ministry of Health announced Thursday, bringing the provincial total to 389.
Three of the new cases are from the north region (two in Lloydminster), two are from the Saskatoon area and one from the far north (La Loche).
Eighty-eight of the cases, or 22 per cent, are considered active. Four more people have recovered, bringing the provincial total to 295.
Approximately 76 per cent of people in Saskatchewan diagnosed with COVID-19 are considered recovered.
Currently, there are 10 people in hospital – seven are receiving inpatient care (four in Lloydminster and three in Saskatoon), while three are in intensive care in Saskatoon.
Of the 389 cases in the province, 137 cases are travellers, 159 are community contacts (mass gatherings included), 36 have no known exposures and 57 are under investigation by local public health.
The number of cases in southern Saskatchewan remains at 15. None are considered active. There are 153 cases from the Saskatoon area, 77 from the north, 75 from the Regina area, 58 from the far north and 11 from the central region.
Thirty-nine of the cases are health care workers, however, the source of the infections may not be related to health care in all instances. Thirty-five 35 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults. There are 141 cases in the 20-39 age range, 131 in the 40-59 age range, 70 in the 60-79 age range and 12 in the 80-plus range.
Fifty per cent of the cases are males and 50 per cent are females.
Six deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.
To date, 29,642 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of April 28, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 23,269 people tested per million population, which exceeds the national rate of 20,176 people tested per million population.
