Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Canadian Press)

By paNOW Staff

Provincial update

Two more cases related to Christopher Lake rally; Sask. total increases to 156 cases

Mar 29, 2020 | 2:18 PM

Two more confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been linked to the Christopher Lake snowmobile rally on March 14.

As of Sunday, a total of 20 confirmed cases can be traced back to the rally, two more than Saturday’s report. There are now 33 confirmed cases in the north, seven more than Saturday. The north region is now where the previous separate Parkland, Kelsey Trail and Prairie North health regions used to be.

Around the province, there are 22 new confirmed cases of the virus. That brings up the total to 156 to date.

One inpatient case is located in the north, and two in Saskatoon. One ICU case is located in central Saskatchewan, and one in Regina.

At least seven cases are a result of local transmission. The rest are travel-related or cluster-related due to exposure at mass gatherings.

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Five cases concern individuals 19 years of age and under; all other cases are adults.

69 cases are in the 20-44 age range; 59 are in the 45-64 range; and 23 are in the 65-plus range.

58 per cent of the cases are males and 42 per cent are females.

Four more people have recovered from the virus, doubling the total to eight. There may be more cases yet to be reported to Public Health.

To date, 9,086 COVID-19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan, an increase of 838 from Saturday’s update.

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