There are 805 total cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, the Saskatchewan Health Authority said Monday. This includes two new cases reported on July 4, four new cases reported on July 5 and three new cases reported on July 6.
The provincial government is no longer releasing COVID-19 numbers on weekends.
Three of the cases are in the far north region, one is in the north region, one is in the central region, two are in the Saskatoon area and two are in the south region.
Detailed COVID-19 data for July 4, 5 and 6 is available at https://dashboard.saskatchewan.ca/health-wellness.
Of the 805 reported COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan, 59, or about 7.3 per cent, are considered active. A total of 732 people have recovered. Approximately 91 per cent of those diagnosed with COVID-19 are listed as recovered.
Four people are in hospital. Three individuals are receiving inpatient care in hospital; two in the north and one in Saskatoon. One person is in intensive care in Saskatoon.
Sixty-six people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the south region. Eleven of those cases are considered active. There have been 338 cases from the far north, 189 from the Saskatoon area, 119 from the north, 80 from the Regina area and 13 from the central region.
Of the 805 cases in the province, 167 cases are travellers, 480 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 113 have no known exposures and 45 are under investigation by local public health.
Fifty-five cases are health care workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to health care in all instances.
A total of 116 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, 282 cases are in the 20-39 age range, 253 are in the 40-59 age range, 133 are in the 60-79 age range and 21 are in the 80-plus range.
Fifty-one per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males.
Fourteen deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported.
To date, 69,890 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of July 4, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 51,755 people tested per million population. The national rate was 78,238 people tested per million population.
