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COVID-19 report

Two new COVID-19 cases in Prince Albert, 6 total new cases in Saskatchewan

May 2, 2020 | 5:01 PM

Saskatchewan has six new confirmed cases of COVID-19. Two of those are in the Prince Alberta area, two more are in Lloydminster. Both Prince Albert and Lloydminster have been identified by the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) as having outbreaks.

The other two new cases are split between Saskatoon and Regina.

That brings the total to 421 cases across the province. Five more people have recovered, totalling 302 cases. There are 113 active cases.

Although officials in the La Loche area are reporting eight more cases, the Roy Romanow Provincial Laboratory [RRPL] has yet to confirm them.

“Please note that there are eight locally identified presumptive positive cases from the La Loche area,” the Saskatchewan Health Authority’s statement read. “These cases are not yet being reported by the RRPL, so are not yet included in the total figures reported today.”

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The update map of COVID-19 cases in the province of Saskatchewan. (Saskatchewan Health Authority).

The SHA advised of an outbreak in Beauval on Friday night. A contact tracing investigation is underway.

There are currently 12 people in hospital; 10 are receiving inpatient care (five in the North region and five in Saskatoon) and two are in intensive care (in Saskatoon).

Of the 421 cases in the province:

• 138 cases are travellers;

• 170 are community contacts (mass gatherings included);

• 39 have no known exposures; and

• 74 are under investigation by local public health.

Overall in Saskatchewan:

• 42 of the cases are health care workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to health care in all instances.

• 157 of the cases are from the Saskatoon area, 85 from the north, 76 from the Regina area, 77 from the far north, 15 from the south, and 11 from the central region.

• 39 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.

• 153 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 140 are in the 40-59 age range; 75 are in the 60-79 age range; and 14 are in the 80-plus range.

• 50 per cent of the cases are males and 50 per cent are females.

• Six deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.

To date, 30,845 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of April 30, 2020, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 24,196 people tested per million population, which exceeds the national rate of 22,140 people tested per million population.

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