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By paNOW Staff

Sunday update

Two new cases of COVID-19, no new recoveries in Sask.

Apr 19, 2020 | 2:02 PM

Saskatchewan has two more cases of COVID-19, one in the Far North region and one in the Saskatoon region. The Far North now has nine active cases and 11 total cases, while Saskatoon has 39 active cases and 149 total.

There are now 315 total cases in the province, 77 of which are active. No new recoveries were reported on Sunday, the number of recoveries to date is 234.

Four people are in the hospital, three receiving inpatient care and one in the intensive care unit.

Here are the newest COVID-19 numbers, from April 2 to April 19. Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW

Of the 315 cases in the province:

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• 134 cases are travel-related;
• 132 are contacts or linked to mass gatherings;
• 29 have no known exposures; and
• 20 are under investigation by local public health.

Overall in Saskatchewan:

• 35 of the cases are health care workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to health care in all instances.
• 149 of the cases are from the Saskatoon area, 70 from the Regina area, 59 from the North, 15 from the South, 11 from the Central region and 11 from the Far North.
• 24 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
• 114 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 106 are in the 40 to 59 age range; 63 are in the 60-79 age range; and eight are in the 80-plus range.
• 52 per cent of the cases are males and 48 per cent are females.
• Four deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.
  Here is the provincial map with updated figures as of April 19. Saskatchewan Health Authority

To date, 23,909 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. Saskatchewan continues to have the second-highest rate of testing per capita among provinces that have reported. Case surveillance and testing information, including regional locations of cases, is available here.

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