There are five new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, as of July 19.
Four of the new cases are located in the Central region, while one is in the Saskatoon area.
Three more cases reported on July 11 as positive have been updated to a negative result and have been removed from the total cases.
There are now 943 reported cases in the province. Currently, there are 129 active cases.
A total of 799 people have recovered.
Twelve people are in hospital. Nine people are receiving inpatient care — five in Saskatoon, three in the South, and one in the North. Three people are in intensive care — two in Saskatoon and one in the South.
Of the 943 cases in the province:
- 183 cases are travellers;
- 516 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 165 have no known exposures; and
- 79 are under investigation by local public health.
On a regional level, 340 of the cases are from the Far North, 206 are from the Saskatoon area, 123 from the North, 115 from the South, 87 from the Regina area, and 72 from the Central region.
Fifteen deaths have been reported to date.
A total of 81,624 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. According to the Saskatchewan Health Authority, there have been 2,634 COVID-19 tests performed in the province over the past two days: 1,339 on Saturday; and 1,295 on Sunday. This represents the two highest daily testing totals to date.
For more information, visit www.saskatchewan.ca/COVID19.
