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Of the 253 cases, 169 are considered active. This was the first day the province began reporting on a tally of active cases.

There are currently four people with the virus hospitalized in the province. Two are receiving inpatient care in Saskatoon, while two people are currently in intensive care, one in Regina and one in Saskatoon.

Of the 253 cases in the province, 112 are travellers, 77 are community contacts (mass gatherings included), 14 have no known exposures and 50 are under investigation by local public health..

There are currently 127 cases in the Saskatoon area, 51 in the Regina area, 47 in the north, 15 in the south, 10 in the central region and 3 in the far north.

Eleven cases involve people 19-years-old and under, 110 are in the 20-44 range, 89 are in the 45-64 range and 43 are in the 65-plus range. Fifty-three per cent of the cases are men, while 47 per cent are women.

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

So far, there have been 14,178 COVID-19 tests performed in the province.

Prevention efforts must continue, says chief medical health officer

Despite the positive numbers, the province’s chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab, said it is imperative for preventative measures such as social distancing to continue.

“We have to sustain the course for the time being. We’re still fairly early on in our epidemic as far as the pandemic in Canada, and we need to sustain the course for the next little while and continue doing all the good things that all of us are doing,” said Sahab.