There are two new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan to report on June 9, the Ministry of Health said, bringing the provincial total to 656.
One new case is in the Saskatoon region and one in the far north region.
Of the 656 reported COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan, 19, or about three per cent, are considered active.
A total of 624 individuals have recovered. Ninety-five per cent of people diagnosed with COVID-19 in Saskatchewan are classified as recovered.
There is currently one person in intensive care in Saskatoon.
The number of cases diagnosed in the south remains steady at 17; one is still active. There have been 261 cases from the Far North, 174 from the Saskatoon area, 112 from the North, 80 from the Regina area and 12 from the central region.
Fifty-one cases are health care workers, however, the source of the infections may not be related to health care in all instances.
Ninety-eight cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
A total of 232 cases are in the 20-39 age range, 199 are in the 40-59 age range, 109 are in the 60-79 age range and 18 are in the 80-plus range.
Fifty-two per cent of the cases are females and 48 per cent are males.
Of the 656 cases in the province, 145 cases are travellers, 394 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 78 have no known exposures and 39 are under investigation by local public health.
Thirteen deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported in Saskatchewan.
To date, 52,511 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of June 7, when other provincial and national numbers are last available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 40,027 people tested per million population. The national rate was 51,348 people tested per million population.
