There are 4 more people in the hospital and there are 3 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan. The daily update from the government says this province has now had 759 cases of the virus.

On June 18th, there was one case in the south that was reported, but it has since been removed from the count because they live outside the province. Two of the new cases reported Thursday are in the far north and one is in the Saskatoon region.

Nine people are now in the hospital with 7 receiving inpatient care and 2 in intensive care. Of those receiving inpatient care, 4 are in the south, 2 in the north and 1 in Saskatoon. There is one person in the north in intensive care and 1 in Saskatoon.

Of the 759 reported COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan, 98 are considered active. A total of 648 people have recovered.

Of the 759 cases in the province:

157 cases are travellers;

459 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);

100 have no known exposures; and

44 are under investigation by local public health.

Overall in Saskatchewan:

55 cases are health care workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to health care in all instances.

316 of the cases are from the Far North, 186 are from the Saskatoon area, 112 from the North, 80 from the Regina area, 53 from the South and 12 from the Central region.

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

260 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 241 are in the 40-59 age range; 130 are in the 60-79 age range; and 21 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, 62,435 COVID19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of June 23, 2020, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 46,773 people tested per million population. The national rate was 67,005 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.

If you are experiencing symptoms of fever, cough, shortness of breath, headaches, aches and pains, sore throat, chills, runny nose or a loss of your sense of taste or smell, contact HealthLine 811 or your family physician for advice on whether you should be tested for COVID-19. You can also take the online self-assessment at www.saskatchewan.ca/COVID19.