There are 15 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Aug. 9, according to the Ministry of Health. Five cases are in Regina.
There are also three new cases in each of the southwest and south central zones, and single cases in the northwest, Saskatoon and central west zones.
One case’s residence information is pending.
One case reported July 22 and two cases reported Aug. 7 are individuals who live outside Saskatchewan. These cases have been removed from the Saskatchewan count and should be counted in the person’s home province, as per guidance provided by the Public Health Agency of Canada. This brings the total number of COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan to 1,445 cases.
Of the 1,445 reported cases, 168, or 11.6 per cent, are considered active.
Twelve more people have recovered, bringing the provincial total to 1,257, or about 87 per cent of those diagnosed with COVID.
Thirteen people are in hospital. Seven people are receiving inpatient care with three in Saskatoon, one in Regina, two in the southwest region and one in south-central. Six people are in intensive care, including four in Saskatoon, one in the north-central region and one in the southwest.
Eleven cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed in the southeast region thus far. Two are considered active. There have also been 156 cases in the southwest and 162 in the south-central regions, bringing the total for the south to 329.
As for the rest of the province, 352 cases are from the far north area (346 far north west, 0 far north central, 6 far north east), 231 cases are from the north area (100 north west, 66 north central, 65 north east), 224 cases are from the Saskatoon area, 190 cases are from the central area (160 central west, 30 central east) and 118 cases are from the Regina area.
Of the 1,445 cases in the province, 206 cases are travellers, 720 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 389 have no known exposures and 130 are under investigation by local public health.
Sixty-four cases are healthcare workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to healthcare in all instances.
A total of 229 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, 458 cases are in the 20-39 age range, 456 are in the 40-59 age range, 248 are in the 60-79 age range and 54 are in the 80-plus range.
Fifty per cent of the cases are females and 50 per cent are males.
Twenty deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.
To date, 111,748 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of Aug. 7, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 80,706 people tested per million population. The national rate was 117,162 people tested per million population.
There were 1,945 COVID-19 tests performed in Saskatchewan on Saturday.
