There are two new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan and again one is in Saskatoon and one is in the Far North region. The provincial total now sits at 660. Two more people have recovered and 21 cases are considered active in the province. There is still one person in hospital, in ICU in Saskatoon.

Of the 660 cases in the province:

145 cases are travellers;

398 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);

79 have no known exposures; and

38 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.

262 of the cases are from the Far North, 176 are from the Saskatoon area, 112 from the North, 80 from the Regina area, 18 from the South and 12 from the Central region.

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

234 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 200 are in the 40-59 age range; 110 are in the 60-79 age range; and 18 are in the 80-plus range.

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

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

To date, 53,853 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of June 9, 2020, when other provincial and national numbers are last available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 40,640 people tested per million population. The national rate was 52,921 people tested per million population.

COVID-19 Testing

Testing for COVID-19 is available to anyone currently working outside the home or anyone returning to work as part of the Re-Open Saskatchewan plan.

Testing is also available to:

Those being admitted to acute care for more than 24 hours, including expectant mothers.

Immunocompromised individuals and their health care providers.