COVID-19 Update: One New Case, Three More Recoveries, Eight In Hospital

As of April 28, 2020, Saskatchewan has one new confirmed case of COVID-19 in the Regina region, bringing the provincial total to 366.

Seventy of the cases are considered active. Three more people have
recovered, bringing the provincial total to 291.

Currently, there are eight people in hospital – six are receiving
inpatient care, while two are in intensive care.

Of the 366 cases in the province:

138 cases are travellers;
150 are community contacts (mass gatherings included);
35 have no known exposures; and
43 are under investigation by local public health.
Overall in Saskatchewan:

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


150 of the cases are from the Saskatoon area, 75 from the Regina area, 69 from the north, 15 from the south, 11 from the central region and 46 from the far north.

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

132 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 125 are in the 40-59 age range; 68 are in the 60-79 age range; and 11 are in the 80-plus range.

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

Five deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.

To date, 28,632 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of April 26, 2020, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 22,684 people tested per million population, which exceeds the national rate of 19,087 people tested per million population.