Saskatchewan had two new cases of COVID-19 as of April 19, bringing the total number of provincial cases to 315, including one presumptive instance reported the day before on April 18. Seventy-seven of the 315 reported cases were considered active.Â
The total number of recuperations in the province remained at 234 on April 19. Additionally, there were four people in hospital; including three cases who were receiving inpatient care. One person was in intensive care.
Of the 315 cases in the province, 134 were travel-related; 132 were contacts, or linked to mass gatherings. Twenty-nine cases in Saskatchewan were considered as unlinked exposures. Meanwhile, 20 COVID-19 situations were still under inquiry by local public health officials. Also, 35 COVID-19 cases were healthcare workers. However, the sources of these particular infections might not have been related to healthcare duties in all reported occurrences.
Geographically, 149 of the recorded coronavirus cases in the province originated from the Saskatoon area, 70 came from the Regina area, 59 from the north, 15 from the south, 11 from the central region and 11 cases were derived from the province’s far north.
Age-wise, 24 cases in Saskatchewan involved people 19 years-of-age and under, while the remainder were adults. A total of 114 cases were aged 20-39; 106 were in the 40-59 category; 63 in the 60-79 age range and eight cases were aged 80-plus.
The majority of COVID-19 cases in the province were males at 52 per cent verses female cases listed at 48 per cent.
Four deaths were related to COVID-19 in the province as of April 19. To date, 23,909 COVID-19 tests had been performed in Saskatchewan.
