24 new cases of COVID-19 and 24 more recoveries reported in Saskatchewan

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COVID-19 map. (Government of Saskatchewan)

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Thirteen people are in hospital. Eight people are receiving inpatient care; three in Saskatoon, three in the South West region, one in South Central and one in Regina. Five people are in intensive care; four in Saskatoon and one in the North Central region.

Of the 1,433 cases in the province 207 cases are travellers, 716 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 389 have no known exposures and 121 are under investigation by local public health.

Overall in Saskatchewan 64 cases are healthcare workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to healthcare in all instances.

In Saskatchewan 352 cases are from the far north area (346 far north west, 0 far north central, 6 far north east), 324 cases are from the south area (154 south west, 159 south central, 11 south east), 230 cases are from the north area (99 north west, 66 north central, 65 north east), 224 cases are from the Saskatoon area, 189 cases are from the central area (159 central west, 30 central east) and 113 cases are from the Regina area.

Two hundred and twenty-eight cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.

In the province 453 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 452 are in the 40-59 age range; 249 are in the 60-79 age range; and 51 are in the 80-plus range.

The latest COVID-19 numbers in Saskatchewan. (Aaron Schulze/northeastnow Staff)

Fifty per cent of the cases are females and 50 per cent are males.

There are 20 deaths related to COVID-19 reported to date.

To date, 109,803 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of August 6, 2020, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 79,516 people tested per million population. The national rate was 116,182 people tested per million population.

Yesterday, 1,655 COVID-19 tests were performed in Saskatchewan.

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