Fifteen per cent of the COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan, reported to date, are considered active. There are 19 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan as of Monday and 10 people in hospital.
There are 8 new cases in the Central region, five in Saskatoon, five in the South region and 1 in the North region.
There have been 962 cases in total in Saskatchewan and of those 10 people in hospital, three are intensive care.
Of the 962 cases in the province:
184 cases are travellers;
519 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
167 have no known exposures; and
92 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.
340 of the cases are from the Far North, 211 are from the Saskatoon area, 124 from the North, 120 from the South, 87 from the Regina area and 80 from the Central region.
133 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
331 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 300 are in the 40-59 age range; 167 are in the 60-79 age range; and 31 are in the 80-plus range.
51 per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males.
15 deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.
To date, 82,943 COVID19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of July 18, 2020, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 60,463 people tested per million population. The national rate was 93,658 people tested per million population.
COVID-19 tests continue to be performed at a high rate. Since Sunday, 1,319 COVID-19 tests were performed, resulting in a total of 3,953 tests taking place over the past three days.
COVID-19 Awareness
Since mid-June, there has been an increase in cases in the southwest and west-central parts of Saskatchewan, both on colonies and in the broader community. Public health investigation is ongoing to determine transmission chains and to identify contacts. While most of the recent new cases have been in southwest and west-central Saskatchewan, the risk of COVID-19 transmission continues to exist in every part of the province. This is why everyone must continue to take precautions and follow public health measures.
COVID-19 Testing
COVID-19 testing is now available to anyone who requests it, regardless of whether they have symptoms or not. A referral for testing can be made by contacting HealthLine 811.
