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12 new COVID-19 cases, including four in the Saskatoon area

Eight of the cases are in the northern part of the province, while four are in the Saskatoon area
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As of May 3, there are 12 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan.

There are now 433 cases in Saskatchewan, including 122 active cases.
 
Four of the new cases are in the North, four are in the Far North and four are in the Saskatoon area. Several tests from the locally identified cases noted May 2 in the La Loche area are still pending. These cases are not yet recorded in the Roy Romanow Provincial Laboratory daily summaries, and so are not yet included in the total figures reported today.
 
Three more people have recovered, bringing the provincial total to 305.
 
There are currently 14 people in hospital, including three in intensive care in Saskatoon.
 
Of the 433 cases in the province: 

  • 138 cases are travellers;
  • 176 are community contacts (mass gatherings included);
  • 40 have no known exposures; and
  • 79 are under investigation by local public health.

On a regional level, 161 of the cases are from the Saskatoon area, 89 from the North, 76 from the Regina area, 81 from the Far North, 15 from the South, and 11 from the Central region.

Six deaths have been reported to date.
 
A total of 31,572 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province.  

For more information, visit www.saskatchewan.ca/COVID19.

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