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Three more confirmed and three presumptive cases of COVID-19 in Sask; six more recoveries

Saskatchewan has three new confirmed cases and three new presumptive cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 313 reported cases, according to information released by the Saskatchewan Health Authority on April 18.
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Saskatchewan has three new confirmed cases and three new presumptive cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 313 reported cases, according to information released by the Saskatchewan Health Authority on April 18. 

Seventy-five of the 313 reported cases, or about 24 per cent, are considered active.

Six more people have recovered, bringing the provincial total to 234. About 75 per cent of Saskatchewan's cases are considered recovered.

There are five people in hospital, including four who are receiving inpatient care and one person who is in intensive care.

 Of the 313 cases in the province, 134 cases are travel related,132 are contacts or linked to mass gatherings, 29 have no known exposures; and 18 are under investigation by local public health.

The number of cases in southern Saskatchewan remains at 15. There are 148  cases from the Saskatoon area, 70 from the Regina area, 59 from the north, 11 from the central region and 10 from the far north.

Thirty-five of the cases are health care workers, however, the source of the infections may not be related to health care in all instances.

Twenty-three cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.

A total of 114 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 105 are in the 40 to 59 age range; 63 are in the 60-79 age range; and eight are in the 80-plus range.

Fifty-two per cent of the cases are males and 48 per cent are females.

Four deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.

To date, 23,092 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province.  Saskatchewan continues to have the second highest rate of testing per capita among provinces that have reported.

 Case surveillance and testing information, including regional locations of cases, is available at www.saskatchewan.ca/COVID19.

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