Saskatchewan's Chief Medical Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Lisa Schick/CKOM News Staff)

By paNOW Staff

total at 301

One new confirmed case of COVID-19, with 187 recoveries

Apr 14, 2020 | 1:52 PM

There is only one new confirmed case of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, bringing the provincial total to 301.

Of those cases, 110 are considered active. There are nine new recoveries, bringing the total to 187.

Seven people remain in hospitals receiving inpatient care.

The latest numbers as of April 14. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)

The latest numbers as of April 14. (submitted photo/SHA)

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The transmission breakdown of the 301 cases includes 131 travellers, 121 caught the virus through community contacts, including mass gatherings, 27 have no known exposures and 22 are under investigation by public health.

In Saskatchewan, 34 cases are health care workers with 19 now recovered. The infection source for those workers may not have been at work.

There are 57 cases from the North – which includes P.A., Melfort and the Battlefords – and seven are from the Far North. There are a total of 147 cases in the Saskatoon area, 65 from the Regina area, 15 from the South and 10 from the central region and, seven from the Far North.

Emergency Operations Centre Lead Derek Miller said the SHA actively working with partners to ensure Northern communities have proper personal protective equipment.

“This is a priority for us and we recognize that those communities, especially as they’re delivering health services, we need to ensure that we’re supporting them,” he said.

For people aged 19 years of age and younger there are 21 cases. In the 20 to 44 age range there are 129 cases, 100 are in the 45 to 64 age range and 51 are in the 65-plus range.

The gender breakdown shows 53 per cent of cases are males and 47 per cent are females.

Four people have died from the virus.

To today’s date, 20,282 tests have been performed in the province. SHA Senior Medical Health Officer Julie Kryzanowski says the rapid testing units currently in use in Meadow Lake and Prince Albert are being used to test priority populations.

“They do test in small batches so it’s just a few samples at a time that are tested,” she said.

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