The coronavirus. (Canadian Press)

By paNOW Staff

COVID-19 report

Two new confirmed COVID-19 cases and three recoveries reported for Sunday

May 24, 2020 | 2:03 PM

The Saskatchewan Health Authority is reporting two new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the province, as well as three recoveries. Both new cases are in the Far North region.

Out of the 87 active cases in the province, 75 are in the Far North. Six are in Saskatoon, five in the North and one in the South. The Central and Regina areas do not have any active cases.

There are 632 total reported cases, 538 of which have already recovered.

The cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, as of Sunday. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)

Of the 632 cases in the province:

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• 141 cases are travellers;

• 357 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);

• 76 have no known exposures; and

• 58 are under investigation by local public health.

Overall in Saskatchewan:

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

• 251 of the cases are from the Far North, 167 are from the Saskatoon area, 110 from the North, 76 from the Regina area, 16 from the South and 12 from the Central region.

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

• 226 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 192 are in the 40-59 age range; 104 are in the 60-79 age range; and 18 are in the 80-plus range.

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

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

The cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, divided by region. Saskatchewan Health Authority

To date, 43,862 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of May 22, 2020, when other provincial and national numbers were last available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 33,683 people tested per million population. The national rate was 38,035 people tested per million population.

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