Twenty two of the 25 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan are in the La Loche area. Of the 512 cases of novel coronavirus reported to date, 194 are considered active. There are 13 people in hospital with four of those in intensive care. There have been six deaths to date.

At the request of communities of Stony Rapids and La Ronge, the public health order restricting non-essential travel in the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District, will now include those two communities. Health authorities and community leaders want to ensure there is only essential travel in the north to prevent the further transmission of COVID-19.

The Saskatchewan Health Authority has announced a new COVID-19 outbreak. The SHA says they have confirmed one COVID-19 case of a staff member at the Meadow Lake Hospital. Health officials say it was linked to community transmission and to date no patients have presented with symptoms of COVID-19.

Of the 512 cases in the province:

139 cases are travellers;

204 are community contacts (mass gatherings included);

45 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.

163 of the cases are from the Saskatoon area, 152 from the Far North, 95 from the North, 76 from the Regina area, 15 from the South and 11 from the Central region.

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

182 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 159 are in the 40-59 age range; 90 are in the 60-79 age range; and 15 are in the 80-plus range.

50 per cent of the cases are females and 50 per cent are males.

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

To date, 33,591 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 26,109 people tested per million population, which exceeds the national rate of 25,024 people tested per million population.