Another Saskatchewan resident has died from COVID-19.
This individual was in the South West region and was is the 60 to 69 age range. Twenty deaths have now been reported, including two in the past two days.
There are 23 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Aug. 7.
The new cases are located in the South Central (12), Saskatoon (3), South West (3), Central East (2), Regina (2), and North West (1) zones.
None of the South Central cases are in the South Central 2 sub-zone, which includes Moose Jaw.
Of today’s 23 new cases, 19 are people living in communal living settings. The Saskatchewan Health Authority attributes this increase to "aggressive contact tracing and increased testing."
One case reported on July 20 was a false positive and has been removed from the total case count.
There are now 1,409 reported cases, including 168 active cases.
Thirteen people are in hospital. Nine people are receiving inpatient care — four in Saskatoon, two in the South West region, one in the Central East region, one in the South Central and one in Regina. Four people are in intensive care — three in Saskatoon and one in the North Central region.
Another 57 people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 1,221 recoveries.
Of the 1,409 cases in the province:
- 206 cases are travellers;
- 711 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 378 have no known exposures; and
- 114 are under investigation by local public health.
On a regional level,
- 352 cases are from the far north area (346 far north west, 0 far north central, 6 far north east);
- 318 cases are from the south area (153 south west, 154 south central, 11 south east);
- 221 cases are from the Saskatoon area;
- 227 cases are from the north area (99 north west, 63 north central, 65 north east);
- 189 cases are from the central area (159 central west, 30 central east); and
- 102 cases are from the Regina area.
A total of 108,148 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 2,129 COVID-19 tests were performed, which is the highest daily number to date.
For more information, visit www.saskatchewan.ca/COVID19. You can find the maps and the breakdown of cases by region on the government's website.
