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the latest numbers

Six new cases of COVID-19 all in northern Saskatchewan

Apr 22, 2020 | 1:56 PM

There are six new cases of COVID-19 in the province with one new case in the North and five in the Far North.

As of April 22, the provincial case total is now at 326, with 61 of them considered active.

Today the province announced nine new recoveries, bringing the provincial total to 261.

There are five people in hospital, with four patients receiving inpatient care and one person is in intensive care.

Of the province’s cases, 136 are travellers, 135 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 32 have no known exposures and 23 are under investigation by local public health.

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In Saskatchewan 36 cases are health care workers, though the source of infections for all was not work.

In the Saskatoon area there are 150 cases, 71 in the Regina area, 61 from the North, 15 from the South, 11 from the central region, and 18 from the Far North.

The latest numbers as of April 22. (submitted photo/SHA)

There are 26 cases involving people aged 19 and under.

In the 20 to 39 age range there are 117 cases, 110 are in the 40 to 59 age range, 64 are in the 60 to 79 age range, and nine are in the 80-plus age range.

Fifty-two per cent of cases are males and 48 per cent are females.

Four people have died from COVID-19.

To date, the province has performed 25,321 tests for the virus. Saskatchewan’s testing rate of 21,428 tests per million population exceeds the national testing rate of 15,038 tests per million population.

A graph of the latest data as of April 22. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)

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