There is one new case of COVID-19 to report for June 5, bringing the provincial total to 649. The new case is in the far north region.
Of the 649 reported cases, 27, or four per cent, are considered active. Three more people have recovered, for a total of 611.
Ninety-four per cent of people diagnosed with COVID-19 in Saskatchewan are considered recovered.
There is currently one person in intensive care in Saskatoon.
Of the 649 cases in the province, 143 cases are travellers, 390 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 79 have no known exposures and 37 are under investigation by local public health.
The number of cases in the south region remains at 17. There have been 258 cases from the far north, 170 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-seven cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults. A total of 230 cases are in the 20-39 age range, 198 are in the 40-59 age range, 106 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.
Eleven deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported.
To date, 50,597 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of June 3, when other provincial and national numbers were last available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 38,346 people tested per million population. The national rate was 47,552 people tested per million population.
