Active Cases of COVID-19 Still Decline in Saskatchewan, Despite Slight Rise in New Infections

The number of new, confirmed cases, as well as those infected by COVID-19 being hospitalized, rose Tuesday in Saskatchewan. But, also rising was the number of recoveries from the novel coronavirus, meaning the number of active cases declined again in the province.

Tuesday’s update had four new, confirmed cases of COVID-19, upping the provincial total to 320. However, with 14 more people having recovered, the number of active cases dropped to 64 with the number of Saskatchewan people having recovered from the virus at 252.

Meanwhile, another person was admitted to hospital on an inpatient basis due to COVID-19, meaning five people are hospitalized in the province…one of those in Intensive Care.

Of the 320 cases in the province:

135 cases are travellers;

134 are community contacts (mass gatherings included);

31 have no known exposures; and

20 are under investigation by local public health.

Overall in Saskatchewan:

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

150 of the cases are from the Saskatoon area, 71 from the Regina area, 60 from the north, 15 from the south, 11 from the central region and 13 from the far north.

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

116 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 107 are in the 40-59 age range; 63 are in the 60-79 age range; and nine are in the 80-plus range.

52 per cent of the cases are males and 48 per cent are females.

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

To date, 24,811 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. Saskatchewan continues to have the second highest rate of testing per capita among the provinces.