Two new cases of COVID-19 were announced on Wednesday by the provincial government, with one being in the Saskatoon region and one in the North.

That brings the total number of cases in Saskatchewan since the start of the pandemic to 808. 47 of those are considered active.

The government also announced nine more recoveries, and there are three people in hospital, with all three of those being in inpatient care. A total of 746 people have recovered. 

Of the 808 cases in the province:

  • 168 cases are travellers;
  • 483 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
  • 113 have no known exposures; and
  • 44 are under investigation by local public health. 

Overall in Saskatchewan:

  • 55 cases are health care workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to health care in all instances.
  • 338 of the cases are from the Far North, 191 are from the Saskatoon area, 120 from the North, 80 from the Regina area, 66 from the South and 13 from the Central region
  • 117 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
  • 284 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
  • 51 per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males.
  • 15 deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date. 

To date, 70,875 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan.  As of July 6, 2020, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 52,514 people tested per million population.  The national rate was 80,347 people tested per million population.

Courtesy of the government of Saskatchewan