Another case of COVID-19 is now considered recovered in South East Zone 4, which includes Estevan, according to the daily COVID-19 report from the Saskatchewan Health Authority.
There are now two active cases of COVID-19 in Zone 4.
The South East region also didn’t have any new cases to report.
There are 22 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on July 20, bringing the provincial total to 49,472 cases.
The new cases are located in the following zones: Far North West, 14; Far North East, 3; North West, 2; Saskatoon, 2; and one case is pending residence information.
No new deaths were reported.
Another 42 people in Saskatchewan have recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries to 48,655. Six of the recoveries are from the South East region.
A total of 242 cases are considered active, including 12 in the South East.
There are 55 people in hospital. Forty-five are receiving inpatient care, including one in the South East. Ten are in intensive care.
The seven-day average of new COVID-19 case number is 25 (2.1 new cases per 100,000). This marks the lowest seven-day average since Oct. 12, 2020.
There were 1,151 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on July 19, including 25 in the South East.
To date, 945,617 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of July 18, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan's per capita rate was 797,118 tests performed per million population. The national rate was 997,428.
An additional 2,636 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 1,353,307. Sixty-one of the new reported doses are in the South East region.
Seventy-four per cent of those 12+ have received their first dose and 59 per cent of those 12+ are fully vaccinated.
The Mercury will continue to post and share the provincial dashboard numbers for the South East on days in which there has been a new COVID case or a recovery, or when something significant occurs for Zone 4. To view the daily provincial numbers, you can click the Local News sub-tab on our website.
