Saskatchewan reports 30 new COVID-19 cases, 22 more recoveries

All 30 of the new COVID-19 cases reported in Saskatchewan on Friday are from communal living settings.

In a media release, the provincial government said there were 23 new cases in the south-west area, six in the south-central region and one in the north-central area.

The government said 108 of the 174 active cases in the province at this time are from communal living settings.

The south region of the province now has had 388 cases; it had 64 cases at the start of July.

The 30 new cases reported Friday increase the total in the province to date to 1,541.

There were 22 recoveries reported Friday, raising that number so far to 1,347. To date, 20 residents of the province have died due to complications from COVID-19.

Five people are receiving inpatient care in hospital, with three in Saskatoon, one in Regina and one in the north-central region. There are five people – three in Saskatoon, one in the north-central region and one in the southwest – currently in intensive care.

The 388 cases in the south area to date breaks down to 201 in the southwest, 176 in the south-central and 11 in the southeast regions.

There also have been 352 cases in the far north area (346 far northwest, six far northeast), 245 in the Saskatoon area, 234 from the north area (101 northwest, 68 north-central, 65 northeast), 190 in the central region (160 central-west, 30 central-east), and 131 from the Regina area. One case is pending residence information.

The far north, which was the site of an outbreak earlier in the pandemic, hasn’t had a new case reported since Aug. 4.

Of the total number of cases in Saskatchewan, 788 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 435 don’t have any known exposures, 220 are travellers, and 98 are being investigated by local public health officials.

So far, the province’s total has included 64 health-care workers.

There have been 486 cases in the 20-to-39 age range, 486 between the ages of 40 and 59, 262 in the 60-to-79 range, 252 involving people 19 and under, and 55 involving people 80 and over.

The 1,666 tests done Thursday raised the province’s total so far to 118,470.