For the second time this week, the number of recoveries from COVID-19 announced by the Saskatchewan government exceeded the number of new cases.
In a media release, the province said 15 more people had recovered as of Wednesday, bringing the total to date to 103. There were 11 new cases, increasing that total to 271.
In Monday’s release, the government said that 14 people had been declared recovered compared to four new positive tests.
There now are 165 active cases in the province. That’s the total number of cases minus the number of people who have recovered and the number of people who have died.
That latter number remained the same at three.
There are eight people in hospitals across the province, an increase of one from Tuesday’s update. Six people are receiving inpatient care, while two are in intensive care.
Of the 271 cases, 119 are travellers, 90 are community contacts (including mass gatherings) and 16 don’t have any known exposures. Public health officials are investigating the other 46 cases.
According to the government, 26 of the cases are health-care workers, but it stressed the source of their infections may not be related to their jobs. It already has been reported that a number of health-care providers contracted the virus at a curling bonspiel in Edmonton.
Of the total number of cases, 135 are from the Saskatoon area, 56 live in the Regina area, 51 are from the northern region of the province, 15 reside in the south, 10 are from the central region and four are from the far north.
The number of cases among people aged 65 and over increased by five from Tuesday’s update; there now are 48 cases in that age range. There also were two more cases in each of the 19-and-under age group (for a total of 15), the 20-to-44 range (for a total of 114) and the 45-to-64 age range (94).
The province recorded a new single-day high in tests performed, with 899. That increased the total to date to 15,621.
More to come.
