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The province is reporting eight new cases of COVID-19.
This brings the Sask. total to 716.
Seven of the new cases are in the Far North region, and one is in the Saskatoon region.
A total of 636 people have recovered. Sixty-seven cases are considered active.
Three people are receiving inpatient care; two in the South region and one in Saskatoon. One person is in intensive care in Saskatoon.
Of the 716 cases in Sask.:
- 150 cases are travellers;
- 422 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 89 have no known exposures; and
- 55 are under investigation by local public health.
Overall in the province:
- 53 cases are healthcare workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to health care in all instances.
- 292 of the cases are from the Far North, 185 are from the Saskatoon region, 112 from the North, 80 from the Regina area, 33 from the South and 12 from the Central region.
- 106 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
- 247 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 222 are in the 40-59 age range; 120 are in the 60 – 79 age range; and 21 are in the 80-plus range.
- 52 per cent of the cases are females and 48 are males.
- 13 COVID-19 related deaths have been reported so far.
To date, 58,611 COVID-19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan.