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COVID-19 Report

Just one new case and no recoveries of COVID-19 reported on Sunday

Jun 28, 2020 | 2:08 PM

The Saskatchewan Health Authority reported just one new case and no recoveries of COVID-19 on Sunday.

The new case is in the Far North, bringing the active cases in the region to 57 and 104 across the province. The South region has 35 active cases, Saskatoon and area have eight, the North has four, while the Regina region and Central area do not currently have any active cases.

There have been 778 reported COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan, with 661 recoveries.

Six individuals are receiving inpatient care in the hospital: three in the North, two in Saskatoon and one in the South. There are no COVID-19 patients currently in ICU.

Looking at the trends of COVID-19 in the province. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)

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Of the 778 cases in the province:

• 165 cases are travellers;

• 472 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);

• 103 have no known exposures; and

• 38 are under investigation by local public health.

COVID-19 active cases, by region in the province. Saskatchewan Health Authority.

Overall in Saskatchewan:

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

• 323 of the cases are from the Far North, 186 are from the Saskatoon area, 114 from the North, 80 from the Regina area, 63 from the South and 12 from the Central region.

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

• 267 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 247 are in the 40-59 age range; 130 are in the 60-79 age range; and 21 are in the 80-plus range.

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

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

To date, 64,800 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of June 26, 2020, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 48,342 people tested per million population. The national rate was 70,241 people tested per million population.

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by paNOW Staff