As the province begins Phase 3 of the Re-Open Saskatchewan plan, there are four new cases and two more deaths to report.
Two residents of the Far North region who tested positive for COVID-19 have died: one individual was in their 60s and the second was in their 70s. This brings the total number of deaths in the province to 13.
Three of today's new cases are in Saskatoon, while one is in the Far North region.
There are now 654 reported COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan. Currently, there are 17 active cases.
One more person has recovered, increasing the provincial total to 624. One person remains in intensive care in Saskatoon.
Of the 654 cases in the province:
- 144 cases are travellers;
- 393 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 79 have no known exposures; and
- 38 are under investigation by local public health.
On a regional level, 260 of the cases are from the Far North, 173 are from the Saskatoon area, 112 from the North, 80 from the Regina area, 17 from the South, and 12 from the Central region.
A total of 52,229 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province.
For more information, visit www.saskatchewan.ca/COVID19.
