The provincial government says a man in his late 60s with underlying medical issues has died in Regina, the fourth victim of COVID-19.

As of Saturday, Saskatchewan has an additional four new cases plus confirmation of the presumptive positive reported Friday. This brings the total to 289 cases in Saskatchewan.

Too Early To Consider This A Permanent ‘Flattening Of The Curve’

Once again, there were more recoveries than new, confirmed cases.
11 more people have recovered and 4 new cases have been confirmed, for a total of 147 recoveries and 289 cases.
Premier Scott Moe says it’s too early to say we might start coming out of restrictions soon.
He adds that although Saskatchewan hasn’t seen any cases from long term care facilities, he wonders if more restrictions might be needed, especially after seeing what is happening in Quebec.
In one care facility in that province, 31 people have died since March 13th from COVID-19 and 6 other long term care facilities have been severely affected.
Moe says there is no date at this point to lift restrictions, but when it happens it will be done cautiously, loosening a restriction and seeing what happens.
If there isn’t an increase in cases, then another restriction might be lifted, but right now, the message remains to stay home and stay safe, wash your hands and practice physical distancing.

Back to the Numbers:

Of the total number of cases, 138 cases are considered active. 11 more people have recovered, bringing the provincial total to 147. There are eight people in hospital in the province. Seven people are receiving inpatient care and one person is in intensive care. To date, 18,448 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. Saskatchewan continues to have the second highest rate of testing per capita among the provinces.

Of the 289 cases in the province:

• 126 cases are travel related;
• 106 are contacts or linked to mass gatherings;
• 22 have no known exposures; and
• 35 are under investigation by local public health.

Overall in Saskatchewan:

• 30 of the cases are healthcare workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to health care in all instances.
• 145 of the cases are from the Saskatoon area, 60 from the Regina area, 52 from the north, 15 from the south, 10 from the central region and seven from the far north.
• 18 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
• 126 cases are in the 20-44 age range; 96 are in the 45-64 age range; and 49 are in the 65-plus range.
• 54 per cent of the cases are males and 46 per cent are females.
• Four deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.

The latest COVID-19 updates are available at www.saskatchewan.ca/COVID19.