Saskatchewan has 20 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, the Ministry of Health said Tuesday, bringing the provincial total to 487.
Eighteen of the new cases are in the far north (La Loche and surrounding area), while the remaining two are in the north region. Of the 487 reported cases, 171, or 35 per cent, are considered active.
Three more people have recovered, bringing the provincial total to 310. About 64 per cent of the province’s cases are considered recovered.
There are currently 13 people in hospital – nine are receiving inpatient care (two in the north and seven in Saskatoon) and four are in intensive care (three in Saskatoon and one in the north).
While parts of the province continue to struggle with a growing number of cases, the total for southern Saskatchewan remains unchanged.
Fifteen cases have been diagnosed in southern Saskatchewan since mid-March. None of them are active.
The total number of cases for the south has not changed since April 4.
As for the rest of the province, 162 of the cases are from the Saskatoon area, 128 are from the far north, 95 are from the north, 76 from the Regina area and 11 are from the central region.
Of the 487 cases in the province, 138 cases are travellers, 184 are community contacts (mass gatherings included), 41 have no known exposures and 124 are under investigation by local public health.
Overall in Saskatchewan, 43 cases are health care workers, however, the source of the infections may not be related to health care in all instances.
Fifty-eight cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults. A total of 174 cases are in the 20-39 age range, 153 are in the 40-59 age range, 87 are in the 60-79 age range and 15 are in the 80-plus range.
Fifty-one per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males.
Six deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported.
To date, 32,921 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of May 3, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 25,689 people tested per million population, which exceeds the national rate of 24,460 people tested per million population.
