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Sask. adds 34 new cases as province re-opens

All but one of the new cases is in the northern part of the province
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As of May 4, Saskatchewan has 34 new confirmed cases of COVID-19.

The provincial total is at 467 cases, including 154 active cases.

Twenty-nine of the new cases are in the Far North (La Loche and surrounding area), four of the new cases are in the North, and one is in the Saskatoon area.

The locally reported presumptive positive cases noted on May 2 have now been confirmed and are accounted for in the total number of cases.

Two more people have recovered, bringing the provincial total to 307.

There are currently 11 people in hospital; including four in intensive care (three in Saskatoon and one in the North).

  • Of the 467 cases in the province:
  • 138 cases are travellers;
  • 182 are community contacts (mass gatherings included);
  • 40 have no known exposures; and
  • 107 are under investigation by local public health.

On a regional level, 162 of the cases are from the Saskatoon area, 110 from the Far North, 93 from the North, 76 from the Regina area, 15 from the South, and 11 from the Central region.

Six deaths have been reported to date.

For more information, visit www.saskatchewan.ca/COVID19.

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