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By paNOW Staff

COVID-19 report

Three new COVID-19 cases and 14 recoveries reported on Saturday

May 23, 2020 | 1:56 PM

There are three new confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of Saturday, two in Saskatoon and one in the Far North.

There were also 14 recoveries on Saturday, bringing the total up to 535.

Out of the 630 total reported COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan, 88 are considered active with 76 of those in the Far North. Saskatoon has six active cases, the North region has five, and the South region has one. Both Regina and the Central region have no active cases.

A graph of the COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan. Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff

There are currently six people in hospital – three are receiving inpatient care (one in Saskatoon, one in Regina and one in the North) and three are in intensive care (all in Saskatoon).

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Of the 630 cases in the province:

• 141 cases are travellers;

• 355 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);

• 74 have no known exposures; and

• 60 are under investigation by local public health.

The COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan, divided by region, as of Saturday. Saskatchewan Health Authority

Overall in Saskatchewan:

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

• 249 of the cases are from the Far North, 167 are from the Saskatoon area, 110 from the North, 76 from the Regina area, 16 from the South and 12 from the Central region.

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

• 225 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 191 are in the 40-59 age range; 104 are in the 60-79 age range; and 18 are in the 80-plus range.

• 51 per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males.

• Seven deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.

To date, 43,419 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of May 21, 2020, when other provincial and national numbers are available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 33,268 people tested per million population and was lower than the national rate of 37,288 people tested per million population.

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