Saskatchewan’s COVID-19 map has a new look. There are now 13 regions on the map as opposed to the previous 6. There is also a second map that has 32 zones which will provide new positive and current active COVID-19 case numbers. You can click here to have a look.
There are 9 new cases of the novel coronavirus as of Tuesday for a total of 1368 cases. There is 1 new case each in the northwest, north central and southwest regions and 2 cases in Saskatoon, and 4 in Regina. There have also been 8 more recoveries and 14 people are in the hospital.
Seven people are receiving inpatient care; three in Saskatoon, three in the South West and one in Regina. Seven people are in intensive care; five in Saskatoon and two in Regina. Of the 1,368 reported cases, 253 are considered active. A total of 1,097 people have recovered.
Chief Medical Health Officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab says of the 253 active cases of the novel coronavirus, 153 are in Hutterite colonies.
Of the 1,368 cases in the province:
204 cases are travellers;
697 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
359 have no known exposures; and
108 are under investigation by local public health.
Overall in Saskatchewan:
64 cases are healthcare workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to healthcare in all instances.
352 cases are from the far north zone (346 far north west, 0 far north central, 6 far north east), 294 cases are from the south zone (149 south west, 134 south central, 11 south east), 216 cases are from the Saskatoon zone, 221 cases are from the north zone (96 north west, 63 north central, 62 north east), 186 cases are from the central zone (158 central west, 28 central east) and 99 cases are from the Regina zone.
213 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
437 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 427 are in the 40-59 age range; 241 are in the 60-79 age range; and 50 are in the 80-plus range.
50 per cent of the cases are females and 50 per cent are males.
18 deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.
To date, 104,279 COVID19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of August 2, 2020, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 76,290 people tested per million population. The national rate was 111,154 people tested per million population.
Yesterday, 688 COVID-19 tests were performed in Saskatchewan.
