Three new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Saskatchewan’s south central area and 1 in Saskatoon, and 9 more recoveries.
That brings the total number of cases for the province to 1,590, with 149 considered active and 1,419 recoveries.
Crunching the numbers, that means just over 9 per cent of the total cases are active, and the province’s daily update says 99 of the 149 cases are in Hutterite colonies.
Five people are in the hospital, all in Saskatoon, with 1 in inpatient care and 4 in intensive care.
On Wednesday, 1,443 COVID-19 tests were performed for a total to date of 126,624
Of the 1,590 cases in the province:
230 cases are travellers;
818 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
476 have no known exposures; and
66 are under investigation by local public health.
Overall in Saskatchewan:
65 cases are healthcare workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to healthcare in all instances.
There are:
– 410 cases from the south area (209 south west, 190 south central, 11 south east)
– 352 cases from the far north area (346 far north west, 0 far north central, 6 far north east)
– 254 cases from the north area (121 north west, 68 north central, 65 north east)
– 249 cases from the Saskatoon area
– 194 cases from the central area (161 central west, 33 central east)
– 131 cases from the Regina area
– 260 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults. 509 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 492 are in the 40-59 age range; 274 are in the 60-79 age range; and 55 are in the 80-plus range.
– 51 per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males.
– 22 deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.
To date, 126,624 COVID19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of August 1, 2020, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 91,146 people tested per million population. The national rate was 131,033 people tested per million population.
