Another Saskatchewan resident has died due to COVID-19.
This individual was from the South region and in the 90 to 99-year age range. It is the province's 18th COVID-19 related death. It is the second death reported this week.
There are also 38 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of July 30.
The new cases are located in the Central (14), North (12), South (6), Saskatoon (5) and Far North (1) regions.
The Saskatchewan Health Authority says that, of the new cases, investigations have found 23 cases are from multiple communal living settings across the province.
There are now 1,306 reported cases, including 304 active cases.
Fourteen people are in hospital. Nine people are receiving inpatient care — three in Saskatoon, one in the Central region, four in the South, and one in Regina. Five are in intensive care — three in Saskatoon and two in Regina.
Fifty-five more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 984 recoveries.
Of the 1,306 cases in the province:
- 202 cases are travellers;
- 643 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 310 have no known exposures; and
- 151 are under investigation by local public health.
On a regional level, 348 of the cases are from the Far North, 276 from the South, 244 are from the Saskatoon area, 192 from the North, 154 from the Central region, and 91 from the Regina area. One case’s location is still pending.
A total of 96,706 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan.
For more information, visit www.saskatchewan.ca/COVID19.
