There were more new, confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in the Central region of Saskatchewan Tuesday, but not nearly as many as were reported the previous two days. And, the number of new, confirmed cases Tuesday was dwarfed by the number of people having recovered from the novel coronavirus in the province.
Three of the five new, confirmed cases in Tuesday’s update are from the Central region with one each from the Saskatoon and Regina areas. However, 19 individuals are reported as being recovered from COVID-19, leaving 76 active cases of the virus in Saskatchewan…six of those in hospital. Four are receiving inpatient care in Saskatoon while there is an I-C-U patient in each of Saskatoon and the South region. In total, the province has had 876 reported cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic started with 785 people having recovered.
Of the 876 cases in the province:
- 176 cases are travellers;
- 493 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 132 have no known exposures; and
- 75 are under investigation by local public health.
Overall in Saskatchewan:
- 58 cases are health care workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to health care in all instances.
- 339 of the cases are from the Far North, 199 are from the Saskatoon area, 120 from the North, 85 from the Regina area, 83 from the South and 50 from the Central region.
- 121 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
- 310 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 270 are in the 40-59 age range; 151 are in the 60-79 age range; and 24 are in the 80-plus range.
- 52 per cent of the cases are females and 48 per cent are males.
- 15 deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.
To date, 75,774 COVID19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of July 12, 2020, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 55,918 people tested per million population. The national rate was 86,663 people tested per million population.
