Saskatchewan's Chief Medical Health Officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Evan Radford/980)

By paNOW Staff

Provincial Numbers

Nine new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan

Jun 17, 2020 | 2:09 PM

There are nine new cases of COVID-19 in the province, bringing the total to 693.

Seven of those cases are in the province’s Far North region and two are in the Saskatoon region.

Of the reported cases, 47 remain active. A total of 633 have recovered.

One person is receiving inpatient care in Saskatoon. There is one person in intensive care in Saskatoon.

Of all 693 cases, 146 are travellers, 417 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 82 have no known exposures and 48 are under investigation by local public health.

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In Saskatchewan 53 cases are health care workers (although not all may have sourced their infections at work), 284 are from the Far North, 184 are from the Saskatoon area, 112 are from the North, 80 are from the Regina area, 19 are from the South and 12 are from the central region.

The latest COVID-19 numbers in Saskatchewan as of June 17. (submitted photo/SHA)

There are 105 cases involving people aged 19 and younger. The remainder are adults.

There are 243 cases in the 20 to 39 age range, 211 in the 40 to 59 age range, 115 in the 60 to 79 age range, and 19 in the 80-plus age range.

Fifty-one per cent of cases are females and 49 per cent are males.

Thirteen deaths related to the virus have been reported to date.

To date, 57,217 COVID-19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. Testing is also available to those returning to work, those admitted to acute care (including expectant mothers), those who are immunocompromised and their caregivers.

Re-Open Saskatchewan Plan

Guidelines for funerals and weddings are grouped with regulations for places of worship.

Those services, along with outdoor graduations must include the following measures:

• To safely support larger groupings of individuals – and where seating area allows adequate physical distancing – multiple groups of 30 are permitted up to a maximum of 150 people.
• Within each group of 30, individuals must be separated by two metres, unless they are part of the same family.
• Other groups of 30 must be arranged in the same way, and be spaced from other groups by a minimum of five metres.
• For indoor religious or non-religious ceremonies, weddings or funerals, the total number of people participating in services cannot exceed 30 per cent of seating capacity or 150 people, whichever is less.
• No food or drink service is allowed at any of the above gatherings – indoors or outdoors.

The province’s Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab reminds residents that physical distancing measures must continue to be followed to prevent transmission of the virus.

Starting Monday, indoor gatherings of up to 30 people are permitted if there is a two-metre space permitted between participants.

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