Health Minister Jim Reiter (l-r), Premier Scott Moe and Dr. Saqib Shahab brief the media about the province's fight against COVID-19. (Adriana Christianson/980 CJME)

By paNOW Staff

205 Recoveries

Three new cases of COVID-19 bringing Sask. total to 304

Apr 15, 2020 | 5:29 PM

There are three new cases of COVID-19 in the province, bringing Saskatchewan’s total count to 304. Of those cases, 95 are active.

A total of 18 more people have recovered, which brings the total to 205.

There are eight patients receiving inpatient care. No patients are in intensive care.

Of the 304 cases, 131 are travellers, 122 contracted the virus through community contacts, including mass gatherings, 30 have no known exposures and 21 remain under investigation by public health.

Across the province 34 cases are health care workers, although not all contracted the virus from work. There are 147 cases from the Saskatoon area, 67 from the Regina area, 58 from the North, 15 from the South, 10 from the province’s central region and seven from the Far North.

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The daily COVID-19 numbers update as of April 15. (submitted photo/SHA)

There are 22 cases involving people aged 19 years of age and younger. The remainder are adults.

In the 20 to 44 age range there are 130 cases, 101 in the 45 to 64 age range and 51 in the 65-plus age range.

Males represent 53 per cent of cases and females represent 47 per cent.

Four people have died from the virus in Saskatchewan.

Up to today, there have been 20,907 tests performed in the province for COVID-19. The province has the second highest rate of testing per capita among the provinces.

The latest numbers in Saskatchewan. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)

Taking precautions at work

Businesses in Saskatchewan are reminded to take the right safety precautions to protect staff and clients during COVID-19.

An information fact sheet is available online here.

At a press conference today, April 15, Premier Scott Moe said he plans to release guidelines next week on when and how some businesses may be allowed to reopen.

“We are not talking about kicking the economy wide open,” he said. “We are not talking about going back to doing business as we did before this pandemic hit. What we are talking about is expanding the list of allowable businesses of which there already are many.

“COVID is here for a while, for a number of months for sure before we are able to have access to a vaccine.”

Editor’s Note: A previous version of this story stated the total number of COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan was 305. It is, in fact, 304.

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