There are 20 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan on Tuesday and 18 of them are in the far north which is La Loche and surrounding area. The remaining two cases are in the north region and the provincial total to date is 487 cases of COVID-19.

Approximately 35 per cent of the cases reported in Saskatchewan are active with 310 people recovered from novel coronavirus.

Thirteen people are in hospital and four of those are in intensive care.

Of the 487 cases in the province:

138 cases are travellers;

184 are community contacts (mass gatherings included);

41 have no known exposures; and

124 are under investigation by local public health.

Overall in Saskatchewan:

43 cases are health care workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to health care in all instances.

162 of the cases are from the Saskatoon area, 128 from the Far North, 95 from the North, 76 from the Regina area, 15 from the South and 11 from the Central region.

58 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.

174 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 153 are in the 40-59 age range; 87 are in the 60-79 age range; and 15 are in the 80-plus range.

51 per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males.

Six deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.

To date, 32,921 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of May 3, 2020, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 25,689 people tested per million population, which exceeds the national rate of 24,460 people tested per million population.