There are two new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan; one in Saskatoon and one in the Far North region. The provincial total to date now sits at 656 cases of novel coronavirus. 19 cases are considered active, one person still remains in intensive care in Saskatoon hospital. Recoveries remain at 624.

Two flights coming in to Saskatoon in late May are flagged as having a confirmed COVID-19 case, according to the federal government’s website. Of 4 domestic flights flagged in the country, 2 landed in Saskatoon. Air Canada flight 1129 arrived in the city from Toronto on May 29th and the affected seats are unknown. The next day, WestJet flight 3370 from Calgary landed in Saskatoon, and the affected rows stipulated are 4 to 10.

Of the 656 cases in the province:
145 cases are travellers;
394 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
78 have no known exposures; and
39 are under investigation by local public health.

Overall in Saskatchewan:
51 cases are health care workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to health care in all instances.
261 of the cases are from the Far North, 174 are from the Saskatoon area, 112 from the North, 80 from the Regina area, 17 from the South and 12 from the Central region.
98 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
232 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 199 are in the 40-59 age range; 109 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.
13 deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.

To date, 52,511 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of June 7, 2020, when other provincial and national numbers are last available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 40,027 people tested per million population. National rate was 51,348 people tested per million population.