A person in the South has died due to COVID-19. This individual was in the 70-79 age range. This is the 17th death related to COVID-19 in Saskatchewan.
There are nine new cases to report, as of July 28.
The new cases are located in the South (3), Saskatoon (2), North (2), Central (1), and Regina (1) regions.
There are now 1,218 reported cases, including 294 active cases.
Thirteen people are in hospital. Eight people are receiving inpatient care — three in Saskatoon, two in the Central region, two in the South, and one in Regina. Five are in intensive care — three in Saskatoon and two in Regina.
Twenty-one more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 907 recoveries.
Of the 1,218 cases in the province:
- 200 cases are travellers;
- 616 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 293 have no known exposures; and
- 109 are under investigation by local public health.
On a regional level, 347 of the cases are from the Far North, 267 from the South, 239 are from the Saskatoon area, 136 from the North, 139 from the Central region, and 89 from the Regina area. One case’s location is still pending.
A total of 93,669 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan.
For more information, visit www.saskatchewan.ca/COVID19.
