6 new COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan, 8 remain in hospital

The province is reporting six new positive COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan along with five more recoveries on Saturday.

In a media release, the Government of Saskatchewan added one case in the north region, one in the central region, one in the Saskatoon region and three more cases in the south region.

The media release also said one positive case reported on July 11 in the south has been updated to a negative result and removed from the total cases.

There are eight people being treated for COVID-19 in hospital, a decrease of four people from Friday. Five people are receiving inpatient care in Saskatoon, while one person is being treated in the North. Two people are in intensive care. One in Saskatoon and one in the South.

Of the 941 reported cases, 128 are considered active. A total of 798 people have recovered. 183 cases are travellers, 514 are community contacts, 160 have no known exposures and 84 are under investigation by local public health.

By region, 340 of the cases are from the far north, 205 are from the Saskatoon area, 123 cases are from the north, 118 from the south, 87 from Regina area and 68 from the central region.

Of all the COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan, 52 per cent are females and 48 per cent are males.

To date, 80,329 COVID19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. COVID-19 testing is now universally accessible in Saskatchewan, regardless of whether a person has symptoms or not. A referral for testing can be made by contacting HealthLine 811.