There are 31 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on July 27, according to the Ministry of Health, bringing the total to 1,209 cases.
Nine new cases have been reported in the south. There are also 10 new cases in the central region, eight in Saskatoon and three in the north.
One case’s location is pending.
Of the 1,209 reported cases, 307, or 25.4 per cent are considered active.
Thirteen more people have recovered from COVID-19, bringing the provincial total to 886. About 73.3 per cent of people diagnosed with COVID-19 in Saskatchewan have recovered.
Of the 31 cases reported Monday, investigations completed thus far have found 22 cases are from colonies in the south, central, Saskatoon and north regions.
Fourteen people are in hospital. Ten people are receiving inpatient care; four in Saskatoon, three in the central region, two in the south and one in Regina. Four people are in intensive care, with three in Saskatoon and one in Regina.
There have been 264 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in Saskatchewan; 156 of them are considered active. There have been 347 cases from the far north, 237 from the Saskatoon area, 138 from the central region, 134 from the north and 88 from the Regina area.
Of the 1,209 cases in the province, 200 cases are travellers, 613 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 288 have no known exposures and 108 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.
A total of 183 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, 403 cases are in the 20-39 age range, 376 are in the 40-59 age range, 208 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.
Sixteen deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported.
To date, 92,796 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of July 25, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 67,297 people tested per million people. The national rate was 101,145 people tested per million population.
There were 1,613 COVID-19 tests performed in Saskatchewan on Sunday.
