As of April 25, 2020, Saskatchewan has eight new cases of COVID-19, bringing the provincial total to 349.

Seven out of the eight new cases today are in the far north.

Fifty-seven of the 349 cases are considered active.  Eight more people have recovered, bringing the provincial total to 288 recoveries.

There are currently four people in hospitals across the province.  Two people are receiving inpatient care and two people are in intensive care.

Of the 349 cases in the province:

•       138 cases are travellers;

•       146 are contacts or linked to mass gatherings;

•       34 have no known exposures; and

•       31 are under investigation by local public health.

Overall in Saskatchewan:

•       37 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, 73 from the Regina area, 65 from the north, 15 from the south, 11 from the central region and 35 from the far north.

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

•       125 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 118 are in the 40-59 age range; 66 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.

•       Four deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.

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Public health officials advise four new cases of COVID-19 were identified as of 9:30 a.m. today, bringing the total number of lab-confirmed positive and probable positive cases in Manitoba to 267.

The data also shows:
• seven individuals are currently hospitalized, which includes two individuals in intensive care;
• 62 active cases and 199 individuals who have recovered from COVID-19; and
• the number of deaths due to COVID-19 remains at six.

As of yesterday, an additional 435 laboratory tests were performed at Cadham Provincial Laboratory . This brings the total number of tests performed since early February to 22,598.

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