There are now 353 cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan.
An additional 4 cases were reported on Sunday, with 3 more in the North region and the other case in Regina.
61 cases are considered active as recoveries remain at 288 people, there hasn’t been a death relating to COVID-19 since April 11th, as that total remains at 4.
There are currently five people in hospitals across the province. Three people are receiving inpatient care and two people are in intensive care.
150 of the cases are from the Saskatoon area but only 7 of those are considered active.
Of the 353 cases in the province:
- 138 cases are travellers;
- 148 are contacts or linked to mass gatherings;
- 35 have no known exposures; and
- 32 are under investigation by local public health.
Overall in Saskatchewan:
- 38 of the cases are health care workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to health care in all instances.
- 150 of the cases are from the Saskatoon area, 74 from the Regina area, 68 from the north, 15 from the south, 11 from the central region and 35 from the far north.
- 29 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
- 126 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 120 are in the 40-59 age range; 67 are in the 60-79 age range; and 11 are in the 80-plus range.
- 51 per cent of the cases are males and 49 per cent are females.
- Four deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.
To date, 27,884 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of April 24, 2020, when other provincial and national numbers are available from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 21,880 people tested per million population and exceeds the national rate of 17,812 people tested per million population.
