Two new cases of COVID-19 are being reported in Saskatchewan as of Tuesday. One new case is in the Saskatoon region and the other is in the Far North region.
There no new recoveries as the provincial total sticks at 624 recoveries. Of the 656 total reported cases, 19 are considered active.
One person is in intensive care in Saskatoon.
Of the 656 cases in the province:
• 145 cases are travellers;
• 394 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
• 78 have no known exposures; and
• 39 are under investigation by local public health.
Overall in Saskatchewan:
• 51 cases are health care workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to health care in all instances.
• 261 of the cases are from the Far North, 174 are from the Saskatoon area, 112 from the North, 80 from the Regina area, 17 from the South and 12 from the Central region.
• 98 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
• 232 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 199 are in the 40-59 age range; 109 are in the 60-79 age range; and 18 are in the 80-plus range.
• 52 per cent of the cases are females and 48 per cent are males.
• 13 deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.
To date, 52,511 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province.
