A total of 14 cases were confirmed on Thursday, April 2, bringing the provincial total to 220 currently infected and three of those in hospital. Two are receiving inpatient care in Saskatoon and the other is in intensive care in Regina.
A total of three deaths due to COVID-19 have been reported in Saskatchewan.
The southern part of the province – including Moose Jaw, Swift Current and Weyburn – remains relatively unscathed at this point, as social distancing measures combined with other precautions have seen only 10 cases reported throughout the region.
A total of 1,182 patients currently have tests ordered, 1,220 tests have been performed so far and 1,172 confirmed negative.
Of the 220 cases in the province:
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102 cases are travellers.
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52 are community contacts (mass gatherings included).
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10 have no known exposures.
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56 are under investigation by local public health.
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Due to an administrative adjustment, four confirmed positives have been added to the provincial total that were tested in out-of-province laboratories over the past couple of weeks. Including these positive tests is a routine part of surveillance case counting processes.
Overall in Saskatchewan:
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One hundred and eleven of the cases are from the Saskatoon area, 45 from the Regina area, 42 from the north, 10 from the south, nine from the central region and three from the far north.
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Six cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
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One hundred cases are in the 20-44 age range; 79 are in the 45-64 age range; and 35 are in the 65-plus range.
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55 per cent of the cases are males and 45 per cent are females.
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A total of forty-eight (48) individuals have recovered
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To date, 12,112 COVID-19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan
Case numbers have seen a steady, non-exponential increase since hitting the high of 30 cases in a single day on Mar. 27; numbers have remained in the high single digits to low teens since Mar. 30.
Case surveillance and testing information, including regional locations of confirmed/presumptive cases is available at www.saskatchewan.ca/COVID19.
Public inquiries may be directed to COVID19@health.gov.sk.ca.
