One new case of COVID-19 has been announced on Monday in Saskatchewan. The provincial total is now at 316 reported cases.
74 cases are considered active, while four more people have recovered for 238 total recoveries.
Four people are currently in hospital; three are in inpatient care and one person is in intensive care.
Of the 316 cases in the province:
• 134 cases are travel related;
• 132 are contacts or linked to mass gatherings;
• 30 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, 60 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 nine 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.
24,412 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province which is the second highest testing rate per capita among the provinces.
Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab said the test positive rate is not going up, which is a positive sign.
“It’s well below two per cent. It means even when people travelled, were at a large event or mass gathering or had close household contact, 98.5 per cent of the time the test wasn’t co-negative because it was likely something else going around like influenza,” shared Dr. Shahab.
The provincial government is again reminding residents to continue physical distancing with warmer weather moving into the province.
“After a month of taking preventative measures, such as staying home and maintaining physical distancing, it will be tempting to get outside to enjoy the warmer temperatures forecasted for many areas across Saskatchewan over the coming days,” the government stated in a news release.
“Please remember that all measures through the public health orders remain in effect to stop the spread of COVID-19.”
Things that the government want people to keep in mind when going outside:
• Maintain a distance of two metres from other people;
• Avoid shared public surfaces;
• Keep children away from group settings;
• Wash your hands with soap and warm water for at least 20 seconds when returning home.
Provincial parks remain closed at this time, too.
