There are eight new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Aug. 2.
The new cases are located in the South (3), Saskatoon (2), North (1), Central (1), and Regina (1) regions.
There are now 1,342 reported cases, including 254 active cases.
Eighteen people are in hospital. Eleven people are receiving inpatient care — five in Saskatoon, one in the Central region, four in the South, and one in Regina. Seven people are in intensive care — one in the North, four in Saskatoon, and two in Regina.
Another 16 people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 1,070 recoveries.
Of the 1,342 cases in the province:
- 204 cases are travellers;
- 685 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 350 have no known exposures; and
- 103 are under investigation by local public health.
On a regional level, 348 of the cases are from the Far North, 292 from the South, 250 are from the Saskatoon area, 198 from the North, 161 from the Central region, and 93 from the Regina area.
Eighteen deaths have been reported to date.
A total of 102,421 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 2,104 COVID-19 tests were performed in Saskatchewan. This is the highest daily number of tests performed to date.
For more information, visit www.saskatchewan.ca/COVID19.
