One new COVID-19 case and four more recoveries in Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan reported one new COVID-19 case and four more recoveries Monday.

It’s the 12th straight day that the number of new cases has been in single digits.

There now are 316 cases in the province; all the cases have been confirmed.

The four recoveries bring that total to 238. Four people have died to date.

Seventy-four of the total number of cases are considered active.

There are four people in hospital, including three (two in Saskatoon and one in Regina) who are receiving inpatient care and one who is in intensive care in Regina.

Of the total number of cases, 134 cases are related to travel, 132 are contacts or are linked to mass gatherings, 30 don’t have any known exposures, and 20 remain under investigation by local public health.

Saskatoon has had the most cases with 149, followed by Regina (70), the northern region of the province (60), the south (15), and the central region and far north (11 apiece).

In terms of age groups, 114 cases are between 20 and 39, 106 are in the 40-to-59 age range, 63 are between the ages of 60 and 79, 24 are aged 19 or under, and nine are 80 and over.

The recoveries comprise 110 in the Saskatoon area, 54 in the Regina area, 52 from the north, 13 from the south, seven from the central region, and two from the far north.

Thirty-five of the cases are health-care workers.

The 24,412 tests done to date in the province include 503 on Sunday.

Keep your distance

With warmer weather on the way, the provincial government reminded residents that all of the public health orders remain in effect.

Requirements for physical distancing and hand-washing continue, as does the order to avoid shared public surfaces.

Regina and Saskatoon previously closed their playgrounds to keep people from touching playground equipment and other surfaces.

As well, provincial parks remain closed.

New regulations for wills

The government announced Monday that, due to physical distancing restrictions due to COVID-19, it had enacted new regulations that will allow the remote witnessing of wills.

In normal situations, a will must be written out and signed by the person making the will or someone acting on their behalf. That signing then must be witnessed by two people (including the person’s lawyer), who also sign the document.

Now, an individual can sign their will, send it to their lawyer and acknowledge their signature remotely via video in front of their lawyer and a second witness.

More to come.