There were no new recoveries from COVID-19 in Saskatchewan on Sunday but there is one new case of the virus. The new case is in the Far North region which is also where the largest number of cases, at 57, are located in the province. The provincial total to date is 778 with 661 recoveries and 104 active cases of novel coronavirus. Six people are also in hospital and no one is in intensive care. Three people are in hospital in the North region, two are in Saskatoon and one is in hospital in the South region.
Of the 778 cases in the province:
165 cases are travellers;
472 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
103 have no known exposures; and
38 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
.323 of the cases are from the Far North, 186 are from the Saskatoon area, 114 from the North, 80 from the Regina area, 63 from the South and 12 from the Central region.
113 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
267 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 247 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, 64,800 COVID19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of June 26, 2020, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 48,342 people tested per million population. The national rate was 70,241 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.
