A fourth person in Saskatchewan has died from complications related to COVID-19.
The province says a man in his late 60s with underlying health conditions died in the Regina area.
As of Saturday, there are 4 new cases of the virus, plus Friday’s presumptive case has been confirmed to be positive, which brings the total to 289.
Eleven more people have recovered, bringing that total to 147.
There are 8 people in hospital. All but one is receiving inpatient care and the other is in intensive care.
So far, 30 cases are healthcare workers, however the source of the infections may not be related to health care in all instances.
There are 145 COVID-19 cases in the Saskatoon area, 60 in the Regina area, 52 from the north, 15 in the south, 10 from the central region and 7 from the far north.
The age range with the most cases is the 20 to 44 years olds with 126 cases, followed by 45 to 64 year olds with 96 cases.
There are 49 cases of the virus in the 65 and older age range, and 18 in the 19 and under.
To date, 18-thousand-448 tests have been performed in the province, the second highest rate of testing per capita among the provinces.