Two Saskatchewan residents from the far north region who tested positive for COVID-19 have died: one is an individual in their 80s and the other is in their 60s.
This brings the total number of deaths in the province to 10. The total includes a death that was reported as under investigation on May 26.
As of May 27, 2020, there are three new cases of COVID-19, bringing the provincial total to 637. Two of the new cases are in the Regina region and one is in the far north.
Of the 637 reported cases, 68, or 11 per cent, are considered active.
Ten more people have recovered, bringing the provincial total to 559.
Eighty-seven per cent of those 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 (all in Saskatoon).
The number of cases in the south remains at 16. There have been 253 cases from the far north, 167 from the Saskatoon area, 111 from the north, 78 from the Regina area and 12 from the central region.
Of the 637 cases in the province, 141 cases are travellers, 363 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 77 have no known exposures and 56 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-three cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults. A total of 227 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-one per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males.
To date, 45,118 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of May 25, when other provincial and national numbers were last available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 34,492 people tested per million population. The national rate was 39,920 people tested per million population.
