Saskatchewan has recorded its seventh death from COVID-19. The Ministry of Health says the individual was in their 60’s from the North region.

Twenty four more people have recovered from novel coronavirus in Saskatchewan. All four people in hospital are in Saskatoon and three of those are in intensive care.

However, there are 21 new cases of COVID 19 bringing the provincial total to 620. The majority of the cases are in the Far North with nine in La Loche and six in Beauval. There are an additional four in the North and one in the Saskatoon area.

Of the 620 cases in the province:
139 cases are travellers;
339 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
71 have no known exposures; and
71 are under investigation by local public health.

Overall in Saskatchewan:
49 cases are health care workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to health care in all instances.
242 of the cases are from the Far North, 165 are from the Saskatoon area, 110 from the North, 76 from the Regina area, 15 from the South and 12 from the Central region.
88 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
223 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 187 are in the 40-59 age range; 104 are in the 60-79 age range; and 18 are in the 80-plus range.
51 per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males.
Seven deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.

To date, 41,951 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of May 18, 2020, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 32,410 people tested per million population, while the national rate was 35,570 people tested per million population.