COVID-19. (Canadian Press file photo).

By paNOW Staff

COVID-19 report

11 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed, active cases up to 72

Jun 20, 2020 | 1:48 PM

The Saskatchewan Health Authority confirmed 11 new cases of COVID-19 as of Saturday, lifting the provincial total to 726.

There are now 72 active cases in the province. That’s an increase of 56 cases from June 7, where there were just 16 active cases.

The Far North region accounts for seven of the new cases. Two came from the South, one from the North and one from Saskatoon.

Two cases that tested positive in Saskatchewan reside out of province and are under further investigation. Three people are in intensive care, two in the South, and one in Saskatoon.

COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan, divided by region. Saskatchewan Health Authority.

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Of the 726 cases in the province:

• 154 cases are travellers;

• 442 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);

• 90 have no known exposures; and

• 40 are under investigation by local public health.

Overall in Saskatchewan:

• 53 cases are health care workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to health care in all instances.

• 299 of the cases are from the Far North, 185 are from the Saskatoon area, 113 from the North, 80 from the Regina area, 35 from the South and 12 from the Central region.

• 108 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.

• 251 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 224 are in the 40-59 age range; 122 are in the 60-79 age range; and 21 are in the 80-plus range.

• 51 per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males.

• 13 deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.

To date, 59,252 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of June 18, 2020, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 44,512 people tested per million population. The national rate was 62,240 people tested per million population.

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