Seventy-eight per cent of the active cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan are in the Far North region.

Five new cases, which represents all the new cases being confirmed Tuesday, are also in the Far North region with three in the Beauval area and two in La Loche.

Eleven more people recovered from novel coronavirus. And in terms of percentages 65% of those who have been diagnosed with COVID-19, have recovered from the virus. There have been 573 cases to date in the province.

Of the 573 cases in the province:

• 139 cases are travellers;
• 295 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
• 64 have no known exposures; and
• 75 are under investigation by local public health.

Overall in Saskatchewan:

• 48 cases are health care workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to health care in all instances.
• 202 of the cases are from the Far North, 163 are from the Saskatoon area, 105 from the North, 76 from the Regina area, 15 from the South and 12 from the Central region.
• 79 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
• 201 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 178 are in the 40-59 age range; 98 are in the 60-79 age range; and 17 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, 37,695 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of May 10, 2020, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 29,448 people tested per million population, which is on par with the national rate of 29,770 people tested per million population.