There are nine new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on July 28, according to the Ministry of Health, bringing the total to 1,218 cases.
Three new cases are in the south. There are also two in Saskatoon, two in the north, one in the central region and one in the Regina area.
One person from the south who tested positive for COVID-19 has died. This person was in the 70-79 age range. No further details were released.
This is the 17th person to die from COVID-19 in Saskatchewan.
Of the 1,218 reported cases, 294, or 24.1 per cent, are considered active.
Twenty-one more people have recovered, bringing the provincial total to 907 people, or 74.4 per cent.
Thirteen people are in hospital. Eight people are receiving inpatient care; three in Saskatoon, two in the central region, two in the south and one in Regina. Five people are in intensive care: three in Saskatoon and two in Regina.
There have been 267 cases from the south region; 154 are considered active. A total of 347 cases are from the far north, 239 are from the Saskatoon area, 136 are from the north, 139 are from the central region and 89 from the Regina area. One case’s location is still pending.
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.
Sixty-one cases are health care workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to health care in all instances.
There have been 185 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, 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.
Fifty-one per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males.
To date, 93,669 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of July 26, 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.
There were 873 COVID-19 tests performed in Saskatchewan on Monday.
