There are two new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, the Ministry of Health said Thursday, bringing the provincial total to 639. One new case is in the north region and one is in the Saskatoon region.
Of the 639 reported cases, 61, or about nine per cent, are considered active. It's the first time since COVID-19 was first diagnosed in Saskatchewan that the percentage of active cases has dropped below 10 per cent.
Nine more people have recovered, bringing the provincial total to 568. Eighty-nine per cent of the people diagnosed with COVID-19 in Saskatchewan have recovered.
There are currently four people in hospital – one is receiving inpatient care in Regina and three are in intensive care in Saskatoon.
The number of cases in the south region remains at 16. There have been 253 cases from the far north, 168 from the Saskatoon area, 112 from the north, 78 from the Regina area and 12 from the central region.
Of the 639 cases in the province, 141 cases are travellers, 369 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 76 have no known exposures and 53 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-four cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
A total of 228 cases are in the 20-39 age range, 195 are in the 40-59 age range, 104 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.
Ten deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.
To date, 45,869 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of May 26, when other provincial and national numbers were last available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 34,883 people tested per million population. The national rate was 40,658 people tested per million population.
