A day after reporting an eighth death due to COVID-19, the province has announced that two more people have died.
Two Saskatchewan residents from the Far North region who tested positive for COVID-19 have died: one is an individual in their 80s and the other an individual in their 60s. The total includes a death that was reported as under investigation on May 26.
There are three new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan as of May 27. The provincial total is now at 637 cases, including 68 active cases.
Two of the new cases are in the Regina region and one is in the Far North.
Ten more people have recovered, bringing the provincial total to 559.
There are currently four people in hospital, including three in intensive care in Saskatoon.
Of the 637 cases in the province:
- 141 cases are travellers;
- 363 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 77 have no known exposures; and
- 56 are under investigation by local public health.
On a regional level, 253 of the cases are from the Far North, 167 are from the Saskatoon area, 111 from the North, 78 from the Regina area, 16 from the South and 12 from the Central region.
A total of 45,118 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province.
For more information, visit www.saskatchewan.ca/COVID19.
