Saskatchewan has its 8th COVID-19 death – a resident in their 50s from the Far North region.
In a release on Tuesday afternoon, the government announced they are investigating an additional death at this time.
“COVID-19 fatalities must be confirmed by the medical health officer to ensure that the case meets the criteria in order to be documented in the epidemiological reporting tools, before they can be publicly reported by the ministry,” shared the government in the release.
There are no new cases of COVID-19 and three more recoveries as of Tuesday. The provincial case total stayed at 634 with 77 cases considered active. Provincial recoveries rose to a total of 549.
Five people are in hospital with two receiving inpatient care (one in Regina and one in the North) and three in intensive care (all in Saskatoon). 44,580 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province.
Of the 634 cases in the province:
- 141 cases are travellers;
- 361 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 77 have no known exposures; and
- 55 are under investigation by local public health.
Overall in Saskatchewan:
- 50 cases are health care workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to health care in all instances.
- 252 of the cases are from the Far North, 167 are from the Saskatoon area, 111 from the North, 76 from the Regina area, 16 from the South and 12 from the Central region.
- 93 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
- 226 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 193 are in the 40-59 age range; 104 are in the 60-79 age range; and 18 are in the 80-plus range.
- 51 per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males.
- Eight deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.
