There is one new case of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan to report on Wednesday. It is in the Far North region which is where almost 71% of all the active cases in the province reside.

Of the 647 cases to date in Saskatchewan, 34 are active, 602 people have recovered and there have been 11 deaths. Two people are in hospital, both are in intensive care in Saskatoon.

Of the 647 cases in the province:
142 cases are travellers;
389 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
77 have no known exposures; and
39 are under investigation by local public health.

Overall in Saskatchewan:
51 cases are health care workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to health care in all instances.
257 of the cases are from the Far North, 169 are from the Saskatoon area, 112 from the North, 80 from the Regina area, 17 from the South and 12 from the Central region.
96 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
230 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 197 are in the 40-59 age range; 106 are in the 60-79 age range; and 18 are in the 80-plus range.
52 per cent of the cases are females and 48 per cent are males.
11 deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.

To date, 49,132 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of June 2, 2020, when other provincial and national numbers were last available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 37,406 people tested per million population. The national rate was 45,798 people tested per million population.