Where are the Covid-19 cases in Sask on April 5

April 6, 2020, 10:22 am

As of April 5, there are 18 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Saskatchewan, bringing the total to 249 reported cases of COVID‐19 in Saskatchewan.

123 of the cases are from the Saskatoon area (including the entire former Saskatoon Health Region), 51 are from the Regina area (including the entire former Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region, which included Moosomin, Rocanville, and communities along Highway 1 in eastern Saskatchewan - dark green on the map), 47 are from the north, 15 from the south (which includes communities along Highway 48 and Highway 13 in eastern Saskatchewan), 10 from the central region (a region that includes the Esterhazy and Spy Hill areeas and anything north of the Qu'Appelle Valley in eastern Saskatchewan. Yellow on the map, including a west and east portion, with one total for the two portions together.) and three from the far north.

2 of the cases were Saskatchewan residents tested in out-of-province laboratories

11 of the cases are individuals in the zero to 19-year-old category; all others are adults, with 54% of the cases are males and 46% are females

109 cases are travel-related, 71 are either contacts or linked to a mass gathering event, 14 have no known exposures and 55 are under investigation by local public health

A total of 4individuals are hospitalized; including 2 inpatient hospitalizations and 2 Intensive Care Unit hospitalizations

3 Saskatchewan residents with COVID-19 have died

A total of 67 individuals have recovered

To date, 13,528 COVID-19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan