The outbreak of COVID-19 in the south has now officially been counted in the number of cases in the province. As of Thursday, there are 15 new cases in Saskatchewan , with 14 in the south and 1 in the far north.

On Wednesday evening, the Saskatchewan Health Authority reported an outbreak in 2 Hutterite colonies in the Maple Creek area. Two people tested positive last week and then it spread. The government says contact tracing is underway and that includes investigating interprovincial travel to Alberta, as well as travel in the area.

The total count for Saskatchewan is 708, with 59 active cases and 636 people have recovered. One person is receiving inpatient care in Saskatoon and another is in intensive care.

Of the 708 cases in the province:

148 cases are travellers;

418 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);

90 have no known exposures; and

52 are under investigation by local public health.

Overall in Saskatchewan:

53 cases are health care workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to health care in all instances.

285 of the cases are from the Far North, 184 are from the Saskatoon area, 112 from the North, 80 from the Regina area, 33 from the South and 12 from the Central region.

105 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.

246 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 217 are in the 40-59 age range; 119 are in the 60-79 age range; and 21 are in the 80-plus range.

51 per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males.

13 deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.

To date, 57,836 COVID19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of June 16, 2020, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 43,532 people tested per million population. The national rate was 59,977 people tested per million population.

COVID-19 Testing

Testing for COVID-19 is available to anyone currently working outside the home or anyone returning to work as part of the Re-Open Saskatchewan plan.

Testing is also available to:

Those being admitted to acute care for more than 24 hours, including expectant mothers.

Immunocompromised individuals and their health care providers.

If you are experiencing symptoms of fever, cough, shortness of breath, headaches, aches and pains, sore throat, chills, runny nose or a loss of your sense of taste or smell, contact HealthLine 811 or your family physician for advice on whether you should be tested for COVID-19. You can also take the online self-assessment at www.saskatchewan.ca/COVID19.

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