Saskatchewan has four new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the provincial total to 253, according to the daily update released by the provincial government Monday.
One hundred and sixty-nine of the cases are considered active. These are confirmed cases, minus those reported as recovered and deaths. The active case count may be overestimated based on recovery information reported to date. Fourteen more people have recovered from COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, bringing the provincial total to 81. Three people have died.
Currently, there are four people in hospital in the province. Two people are receiving inpatient care in Saskatoon, while two people are currently in intensive care – one in Regina and one in Saskatoon.
Of the 253 cases in the province, 112 cases are travellers, 77 are community contacts (mass gatherings included), 14 have no known exposures, and 50 are under investigation by local public health.
Overall in Saskatchewan, 127 of the cases are from the Saskatoon area, 51 from the Regina area, 47 from the north, 15 from the south, 10 from the central region and three from the far north; 11 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults; 110 cases are in the 20-44 age range; 89 are in the 45-64 age range; and 43 are in the 65-plus range.
Fifty-three per cent of the cases are males and 47 per cent are females.
Three deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.
A total of 14,178 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province.
Saskatchewan continues to have the second highest rate of testing per capita among the provinces. Case surveillance and testing information, including regional locations of confirmed/presumptive cases is available at www.saskatchewan.ca/COVID19.
Public inquiries may be directed to COVID19@health.gov.sk.ca.
