Six new cases, six in hospital, seven more recoveries

There are six new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan to report on June 27, 2020, bringing the Saskatchewan total to 777 cases.  The new cases are located in the Far North Region.

Of the 777 reported COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan, 103 are considered active.  A total of 661 people have recovered.

Six individuals are hospitalized; five are receiving inpatient care (three in the North, one in Saskatoon and one in the South) and one person is in intensive care (in Saskatoon).

On June 18, 2020, the Public Health Agency of Canada provided surveillance guidance regarding the attribution of COVID‐19 cases amongst the provinces and territories.  As of June 27, 2020, 10 cases that were attributed to Saskatchewan will no longer be included in the Saskatchewan total count.

Case counts may change with the provision of additional information during the public health investigation.

Of the 777 cases in the province:

• 163 cases are travellers;
• 472 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
• 103 have no known exposures; and
• 39 are under investigation by local public health.

Overall in Saskatchewan:

• 55 cases are health care workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to health care in all instances.
• 322 of the cases are from the Far North, 186 are from the Saskatoon area, 114 from the North, 80 from the Regina area, 63 from the South and 12 from the Central region.
• 113 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
• 266 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 247 are in the 40-59 age range; 130 are in the 60-79 age range; and 21 are in the 80-plus range.
• 51 per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males.
• 13 deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.

To date, 64,161 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan.  As of June 25, 2020, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 47,637 people tested per million population.  The national rate was 69,122 people tested per million population.