The province says testing is available to anyone currently working outside the home or returning to work as part of the Re-Open Saskatchewan plan. It is also being expanded on Friday to immunocompromised individuals and their health care providers as well as those being admitted to acute care for more than 24 hours.

But the province pointed out that lab test have limitations so that is why it is crucial that everyone continues to take precautions to stop the spread of COVID-19 through social distancing, hang washing and respiratory etiquette.

There was one new case of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan Monday and it is in the Regina area. There are 646 cases to date of COVID-19 in the province. The total is unchanged because someone testing positive May 27th in Regina was retested and it came back negative. Sunday, one more death was reported due to COVID-19 bringing the provincial death toll to 11.

Here are the rest of the numbers:

Of the 646 reported cases, 47 are considered active. Six more people have recovered, bringing the provincial total to 588.

There are currently four people in hospital – two are receiving inpatient care (one in Regina and two in Saskatoon) and two are in intensive care (in Saskatoon).

Of the 646 cases in the province:
142 cases are travellers;
382 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
76 have no known exposures; and
46 are under investigation by local public health.

Overall in Saskatchewan:
50 cases are health care workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to health care in all instances.
256 of the cases are from the Far North, 169 are from the Saskatoon area, 112 from the North, 80 from the Regina area, 17 from the South and 12 from the Central region.
95 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
230 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 197 are in the 40-59 age range; 106 are in the 60-79 age range; and 18 are in the 80-plus range.
52 per cent of the cases are females and 48 per cent are males.
11 deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.

To date, 48,272 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of May 30, 2020, when other provincial and national numbers were last available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 36,854 people tested per million population. The national rate was 44,244 people tested per million population.