Two more cases of COVID-19 were reported Thursday in the province’s daily pandemic update, while Saskatchewan has extended the state of emergency for two more weeks.

One new case is in the north region and the other is in Saskatoon and this now brings the province to a total of 639 positive cases. Nine more recoveries have also been noted,

With a total of 568 recoveries, a total of 61 cases are considered active.

Also, there are four people currently in hospital. Of those, three are in ICU in Saskatoon while the other is in inpatient care in Regina.

Of the 61 currently active cases, 46 are in the far north, four are in the north, seven are in Saskatoon, two are in the Regina region and one is in the south region, which includes the Moose Jaw area. There are no currently active cases in the central region.

Of the 639 provincial cases overall, 141 are travel-related, 369 are community contacts or mass gatherings, 76 have no known exposures and 53 are under investigation by public health.

Fifty of the cases are health care workers, and the province says the infections may not be because of their health care in all instances.

A total of 168 of the cases are from the Saskatoon area, 78 are from the Regina area, 112 are from the north, 253 are from the far north, 16 are from the south and 12 are from the central region.

Ninety-four cases are of people 19 and younger, and 122 are in the 60-and-older range. Of all of the cases, 52 per cent are in female patients and 48 per cent are male.

Thusfar, 45,869 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. According to the latest numbers, There has been a rate of 34,883 tests per one million people, compared to the national average of 40,658 per million.

Saskatchewan still has the fifth most active cases in Canada.

The provincial state of emergency has been continued for two more weeks.

“While new case numbers remain low, residents are reminded that COVID-19 is still present in Saskatchewan,” the provincial release said. “Public health orders remain in effect, including the order limiting public and private gatherings to no more than 10 people

“The declaration of a community-transmitted outbreak in Saskatoon linked to two large family gatherings, reinforces the importance of following public health orders.”

Nationally as of Thursday afternoon, there have been over 88,400 confirmed cases and over 6,800 deaths from COVID-19. There have also been nearly 47,000 recoveries. The United States had over 101,100 deaths Thursday afternoon and is now over 1.71 million cases.