There are eight new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Aug. 5, according to the Ministry of Health, bringing the total to 1,376 cases.
Three new cases are in the northeast. Two are in each of Regina and Saskatoon, and one is in the central-west region.
Of the 1,376 reported cases, 225, or 16.3 per cent, are considered active. Thirty-six more people have recovered, bringing the total to 1,133 recoveries, or 82.3 per cent of those diagnosed.
Fifteen people are in hospital. Seven people are receiving inpatient care; with three in Saskatoon, two in the southwest region, one in the central-east region and one in Regina. Eight people are in intensive care: five in Saskatoon, two in Regina and one in the north central region.
There have been 11 cases of COVID-19 diagnosed in the southeast thus far; three of them are considered active. Five were regarded as active on Monday. A total of 352 cases are from the far north zone (346 far north west, 0 far north central, six far north east), 294 cases are from the south zone (149 southwest and 134 south-central, in addition to the 11 from the southeast), 226 cases are from the north zone (98 northwest, 63 north-central, 65 northeast), 217 are from the Saskatoon zone, 187 cases are from the central zone (159 central-west, 28 central-east) and 100 cases are from the Regina zone.
Of the 1,376 cases in the province, 205 cases are travellers, 703 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 358 have no known exposures and 110 are under investigation by local public health.
Sixty-four cases are healthcare workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to healthcare in all instances.
A total of 213 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, 439 cases are in the 20-39 age range, 432 are in the 40-59 age range, 242 are in the 60-79 age range and 50 are in the 80-plus range.
Fifty per cent of the cases are females and 50 per cent are males.
Eighteen deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported.
To date, 105,065 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of Aug. 3, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 76,776 people tested per million population. The national rate was 112,706 people tested per million population.
A total of 786 COVID-19 tests were performed in Saskatchewan on Tuesday.
