The south region has a new case of COVID-19, the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health said Friday.
It’s the first case diagnosed in the south since May 22, and just the second since April 4. Seventeen cases have now been diagnosed in the south.
The south region extends from the Alberta border to the Manitoba border, and includes most communities on or south of Highway 1. It also includes some communities north of Highway 1 in the western part of the province.
The location of the case in the south was not disclosed.
The Ministry of Health said a new case has also been confirmed for the Saskatoon region.
Saskatchewan now has 641 reported cases of COVID-19. Sixty-one, or about nine per cent, are considered active.
Two more people have recovered, bringing the provincial total to 570. Eighty-nine per cent of those diagnosed with COVID-19 in Saskatchewan are classified as recovered.
There are currently four people in hospital – two are receiving inpatient care (one in Regina and one in Saskatoon) and two are in intensive care (both in Saskatoon).
Of the 641 cases in the province, 142 cases are travellers, 374 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 77 have no known exposures and 48 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.
A total of 253 of the cases are from the far north, 169 are from the Saskatoon area, 112 are from the North, 78 are from the Regina area and 12 from the central region.
Ninety-four cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults. There have been 229 cases in the 20-39 age range, 195 in the 40-59 age range, 105 in the 60-79 age range and 18 in the 80-plus range.
Fifty-one per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males.
Ten deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported.
To date, 46,454 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of May 27, when other provincial and national numbers were last available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 35,425 people tested per million population.
The national rate was 41,482 people tested per million population.
