For the third straight day, Saskatchewan has two new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the provincial total to 634, the Ministry of Health said Monday.
One new case is in the far north, and the other is in the north.
Of the 634 reported cases, 81, or 13 per cent, are considered active. Eight more people have recovered, bringing the provincial total to 546.
Eighty-six per cent of people diagnosed with COVID-19 in Saskatchewan have recovered.
There are currently six people in hospital – two are receiving inpatient care (one in Regina and one in the north) and four are in intensive care (all in Saskatoon).
The number of cases in the south region remains at 16. There have been 252 cases from the far north, 167 are from the Saskatoon area, 111 from the north, 76 from the Regina area and 12 from the central region.
Of the 634 cases in the province, 141 cases are travellers, 358 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 76 have no known exposures and 59 are under investigation by local public health.
Fifty cases are health care workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to health care in all instances.
Ninety-three cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
A total of 226 cases are in the 20-39 age range, 193 are in the 40-59 age range, 104 are in the 60-79 age range and 18 are in the 80-plus range.
Fifty-one per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males.
Seven deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.
To date, 44,312 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of May 23, when other provincial and national numbers were last available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 33,994 people tested per million population. The national rate was 38,707 people tested per million population.
