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

By paNOW Staff

COVID-19

One new case of COVID-19, province updates visitation restrictions for long-term care homes

Jun 3, 2020 | 2:20 PM

The Far North region of the province has the sole new case of COVID-19

The new case brings the provincial total to 647.

Of those cases, 34 are considered active. There have been 602 recoveries overall.

Two people remain in intensive care in Saskatoon.

Of all the cases in the province, 142 are travellers, 389 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 77 have no known exposures and 39 are under investigation by local public health.

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Across the province, 51 cases are health care workers (however not all sourced their infections from work), 257 are from the Far North, 169 are from the Saskatoon area, 112 from the North, 80 from the Regina area, 17 from the South and 12 from the central region.

The latest COVID-19 numbers in Saskatchewan. (submitted photo/SHA)

There are 96 cases involving people 19 years old and younger. The remainder are adults.

There are 230 cases in the 20 to 39 age range, 197 in the 40 to 59 age range, 106 in the 60 to 79 age range, and 18 in the 80-plus range.

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

Eleven people have died from the virus in Saskatchewan.

To date, there have been 49,132 COVID-19 tests administered in Saskatchewan.

The latest COVID-19 numbers in the province, plotted on a graph. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)

Updated visitation for intensive and long-term care

Starting now, the Saskatchewan Health Authority is expanding criteria for compassionate reasons related to visitation restrictions.

Within certain circumstances in long-term care, two healthy individuals can be designated to come into the facility one at a time. The designated family member or support person and an additional support person or family member can be present at the same time in intensive and critical care as long as physical distancing is maintained.

The new guidelines have also been developed to support outdoor visits for long-term care clients with visits not limited to one person at a time.

The guidelines were revised for clarity to ensure there can be one family member or support person available for inpatient, outpatient, emergency/urgent care patients with specific challenges.

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