In their daily COVID-19 update, public health officials announced 11 new cases of the virus in the province.

7 of those new cases are in the far north, two are in the south, one is in the north and one is in the Saskatoon area.

72 cases are considered active, and the province's total number of cases now hits 726 with 639 people recovered.

Two cases that tested positive in Saskatchewan are residents from out of province and are under further investigation.

Three people are in intensive care: one in Saskatoon and two in the south. There are no COVID-19 related inpatient hospitalizations.

Of the 726 cases in the province:

  • 154 cases are travellers;
  • 442 are community transmission;
  • 90 have no known exposures; and
  • 40 are currently being investigated by local public health authorities.

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 percent of the cases are females and 49 percent 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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