The Coronavirus. (The Canadian Press)

By paNOW Staff

COVID-19

Eight new cases of COVID-19, province tops 2,000 tests in one day

Aug 2, 2020 | 2:10 PM

There are eight new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan today, one of which is in our North region. Meanwhile, the province said they had surpassed 2,000 tests in a single day for the first time.

There are 16 more recoveries across the province. .

According to a media release, of the 1,342 reported cases, 254 are considered active. A total of 1,070 people have recovered. The rest of the eight new cases are located in the Central (1), Saskatoon (2), South (3) and Regina (1) regions.

Eighteen people are in hospital. Eleven people are receiving inpatient care; five in Saskatoon, one in the Central region, four in the South and one in Regina. Seven people are in intensive care; one in the North, four in Saskatoon and two in Regina.

Of the 1,342 cases in the province 204 cases are travellers, 685 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 350 have no known exposures and 103 are under investigation by local public health.

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Overall in Saskatchewan 63 cases are healthcare workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to healthcare in all instances.

The latest COVID-19 numbers in Saskatchewan. (Government of Saskatchewan)

In total 348 of the cases are from the Far North, 292 from the South, 250 are from the Saskatoon area, 198 from the North, 161 from the Central region and 93 from the Regina area.

In the province 212 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.

Four hundred and thirty cases are in the 20-39 age range; 421 are in the 40-59 age range; 230 are in the 60-79 age range; and 49 are in the 80-plus range.

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

There are 18 deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.

To date, 102,421 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of July 31, 2020, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 73,918 people tested per million population. The national rate was 109,041 people tested per million population.

Yesterday, 2,104 COVID-19 tests were performed in Saskatchewan. This is the highest daily number of tests performed to date.

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