There are 13 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on July 17, bringing the total to 936 cases.
One new case has been reported in the south. There are eight new cases in the central region, two in the Regina area, and one in the far north and the north.
Of the 936 reported cases, 128, or about 13.7 per cent are considered active.
There are two new recoveries, one in the far north and one in the south. However, three cases were removed from recovered status and reactivated. This can happen if public health determines an individual has relapsed or developed additional symptoms.
A total of 793 people have recovered, leaving the recovery rate at 84.7 per cent.
Twelve people are in hospital. Eleven people are receiving inpatient care; seven in Saskatoon, two in the south, one in the north and one in the central region. One person is in intensive care in the south.
A total of 116 cases have been diagnosed in the south; 49 are considered active. There have been 340 cases from the far north, 204 from the Saskatoon area, 122 from the north, 87 from the Regina area and 67 from the central region.
Of the 936 cases in the province, 182 cases are travellers, 514 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 155 have no known exposures and 85 are under investigation by local public health.
Fifty-nine cases are health care workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to health care in all instances.
There have been 130 cases involving people 19 years of age and under, 323 cases are in the 20-39 age range, 292 are in the 40-59 age range, 163 are in the 60-79 age range and 28 are in the 80-plus range.
Fifty-one per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males.
Fifteen deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported in Saskatchewan.
To date, 78,990 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of July 15, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 57,786 people tested per million population. The national rate was 90,126 people tested per million population.
