There were no new cases of COVID-19 reported in the north or the far north on Saturday, but one was confirmed in the Saskatoon area. There have also been 25 more recoveries.
That brings the overall total to 591 cases of the virus, with 152 considered active.
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has concluded the COVID-19 case admitted to Pasqua Hospital this week was from community transmission, not the hospital, so it’s not being called a hospital outbreak. So far, all testing of staff and contacts are negative, and all the precautions are continuing at Pasqua. There are currently 8 people in hospital, compared to 9 on Friday, with 5 receiving inpatient care – 1 in the north, 2 in Saskatoon and 2 in Regina, and 3 in intensive care in Saskatoon.
The breakdown of transmission of the virus is 139 travellers, 320 community contacts including mass gatherings, 68 have no known exposures and 64 are still under investigation. By age, from most cases to least, 209 cases are in the 20 to 39 age range, 182 are 40 to 59 years old, 99 in the 60 to 79 age range, 83 in those 19 and under and 13 cases in the 80 and over category. Overall, 218 cases are from the far north, 164 from Saskatoon and area, 106 from the north, 76 from Regina and area, 15 from the south and 12 in the central region. Comparing gender, the cases are almost equal with 49 per cent of the people affected being female and 51 per cent male.
Overall in Saskatchewan:
-48 cases are health care workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to health care in all instances.
-49 per cent of the cases are females and 51 per cent are males.
-Six deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.
To date, 40,097 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of May 14, 2020, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 30,726 people tested per million population, which is slightly below the national rate of 32,802 people tested per million population. This is due to decreased demand for testing, not a drop in testing capacity, due to the success of preventative measures and the reduction in positive cases in many areas of the province.
