Following the unveiling of the province’s five-phased plan to reopen, the provincial government has announced five new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday. One of the five cases is presumptive positive.
The provincial total now sits at 331.
While 57 of the cases are considered active, nine more people have recovered for a total of 270 recoveries in Saskatchewan.
Six people are in hospitals around the province with five in inpatient care and one person in ICU.
25,872 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province.
Of the 331 cases in the province:
• 136 cases are travellers;
• 142 are contacts or linked to mass gatherings;
• 33 have no known exposures; and
• 20 are under investigation by local public health.
Overall in Saskatchewan:
• 36 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, 62 from the north, 15 from the south, 11 from the central region and 22 from the far north.
• 26 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
• 117 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 113 are in the 40-59 age range; 65 are in the 60-79 age range; and 10 are in the 80-plus range.
• 51 per cent of the cases are males and 49 per cent are females.
• Four deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.
