As of May 5, 2020, Saskatchewan has 20 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the provincial total to 487. Eighteen of the new cases are in the Far North (La Loche and surrounding area), while the remaining two are in the North region. Of the 487 reported cases, 171 are considered active.
Three more people have recovered, bringing the provincial total to 310.
There are currently 13 people in hospital – nine are receiving inpatient care (two in the North and seven in Saskatoon) and four are in intensive care (three in Saskatoon and one in the North).
Overall in Saskatchewan:
To date, 32,921 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of May 3, 2020, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 25,689 people tested per million population, which exceeds the national rate of 24,460 people tested per million population.