For the first time in a week, the number of active cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan was down from the day before. Tuesday’s update had 21 individuals recover from the novel coronavirus as opposed to nine new, confirmed cases, bringing the number of active cases of COVID-19 in the province down to 294. However, a person from the South region, in the 70-to-79 age range, is the 17th to die of the virus in Saskatchewan since the pandemic was declared in mid-March.

Tuesday’s reported new cases are three from the South region, two each in Saskatoon and the North and single cases in each of Regina and the Central area. That boosts the provincial total to 12-hundred-and-18 with 907 people having recovered. Of the 294 active cases, 13 are in hospital with five being treated in Intensive Care; three in Saskatoon and two in Regina. The other eight hospitalized cases are receiving inpatient care with three in Saskatoon, two each in the Central and South regions and one in Regina.

Of the 1,218 cases in the province:

• 200 cases are travellers;
• 616 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
• 293 have no known exposures; and
• 109 are under investigation by local public health.

Overall in Saskatchewan:

• 61 cases are health care workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to health care in all instances.
• 347 of the cases are from the Far North, 267 from the South, 239 are from the Saskatoon area, 136 from the North, 139 from the Central region and 89 from the Regina area. One case’s location is still pending.
• 185 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
• 404 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 378 are in the 40-59 age range; 212 are in the 60-79 age range; and 39 are in the 80-plus range.
• 51 per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males.
• 17 deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.

To date, 93,669 COVID19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of July 26, 2020, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 68,474 people tested per million population. The national rate was 102,791 people tested per million population.

Monday, 873 COVID-19 tests were performed in Saskatchewan.