All but one of the new cases of COVID-19 reported this week in Saskatchewan are from the far north. On Thursday, there was also a case reported in Regina at Pasqua Hospital. The provincial government says there are 8 new confirmed cases with 5 in La Loche and 3 in Beauval for a total of 590.

Ten more people have recovered, for a total of 408 recoveries. There are 9 people receiving inpatient care, with 1 in the north, 3 in Saskatoon and 2 in Regina and 3 in intensive care in Saskatoon.

Almost 55 per cent of Saskatchewan’s cases have been in the north and the far north. There have been 218 in the far north, followed by 163 in the Saskatoon area, 106 from the north, 76 in the Regina area, 15 in the south and 12 in the central region. There have been 6 deaths to date.

Saskatchewan’s per capita rate of testing at 30-thousand-366 tests per million people is slightly below the national rate of 31-thousand-915..
The province says that is because of decreased demand, not a drop in testing capacity.

Of the 590 cases in the province:

139 cases are travellers;

304 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);

68 have no known exposures; and

79 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.

218 of the cases are from the Far North, 163 are from the Saskatoon area, 106 from the North, 76 from the Regina area, 15 from the South and 12 from the Central region.

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

209 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 181 are in the 40-59 age range; 99 are in the 60-79 age range; and 18 are in the 80-plus range.

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