Saskatchewan's Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab. (File photo/CKOM News Staff)

By paNOW Staff

COVID-19 report

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May 16, 2020 | 2:18 PM

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) only reported one new confirmed case of COVID-19, while also reporting 25 recoveries.

That one case is in the Saskatoon region. There are now 591 total cases, 152 of which are active. There are now 433 people that have recovered to date.

Outbreak declared over in La Loche Health Centre

The outbreak in the La Loche Health Centre that lasted almost an entire month has now been declared over by the Saskatchewan Health Authority.

Since it’s been 28 days since its last case, Medical Health Officer Dr. Rimy Zayed officially declared the outbreak over.

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COVID-19 cases, in graph form, as of Saturday. Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff

Lac La Ronge

The SHA declared the presumptive case of COVID-19 that was previously reported on May 14 has now been confirmed as negative. That has been included in the figures.

No outbreak in Regina

An investigation has concluded that the COVID-19 case admitted to Pasqua Hospital is a community-acquired case and does not constitute a hospital outbreak.

Thus far, all testing of staff and contacts are negative.

In the hospitals

There are currently eight people in hospital – five are receiving inpatient care (one in the North, two in Saskatoon and two in Regina) and three are in intensive care (all in Saskatoon).

Hospitalizations are counted under the location of the hospitalization, not the patient’s residence. Active cases are included in the number for their region of residence.

The update COVID-19 numbers, divided by regions across Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan Health Authority.

Of the 591 cases in the province:

• 139 cases are travellers;

• 320 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);

• 68 have no known exposures; and

• 64 are under investigation by local public health.

Overall in Saskatchewan:

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

• 218 of the cases are from the Far North, 164 are from the Saskatoon area, 106 from the North, 76 from the Regina area, 15 from the South and 12 from the Central region.

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

• 209 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 182 are in the 40-59 age range; 99 are in the 60-79 age range; and 18 are in the 80-plus range.

• 49 per cent of the cases are females and 51 per cent are males.

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

To date, 40,097 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of May 14, 2020, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 30,726 people tested per million population, which is slightly below the national rate of 32,802 people tested per million population. This is due to decreased demand for testing, not a drop in testing capacity, due to the success of preventative measures and the reduction in positive cases in many areas of the province.

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