The coronavirus. (Canadian Press)

By paNOW Staff

COVID-19

Province records 14th COVID-19 related death, 10 new cases

Jul 2, 2020 | 2:10 PM

The Government of Saskatchewan reported the province’s 14th death related to COVID-19.

A resident in the Far North who tested positive for COVID-19 has died. The individual was in their 70s.

The province reported four new cases on July 1 and six new cases on July 2, seven are in the Far North region, two are in the north region, and one in the Saskatoon region.

Of the 795 reported COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan, 80 are considered active. There were 17 more recoveries bringing the total of recoveries to 701.

Six people are in hospital. Three individuals are receiving inpatient care in the hospital, two in Saskatoon and one in the North. Three people are in intensive care, two in the North, and one in Saskatoon.

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

Of the 795 cases in the province, 165 cases are travellers, 478 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 109 have no known exposures and 43 are under investigation by local public health.

Overall in Saskatchewan, 55 cases are health care workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to health care in all instances.

Also, 334 of the cases are from the Far North, 187 are from the Saskatoon area, 118 from the North, 80 from the Regina area, 64 from the South and 12 from the Central region.

In Saskatchewan 116 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults. Two hundred and seventy-eight cases are in the 20-39 age range, 249 are in the 40-59 age range, 131 are in the 60-79 age range and 21 are in the 80-plus range.

Fifty-one per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males.

There are 14 deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.

To date, 67,243 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan.

COVID-19 Testing

Testing for COVID-19 is available to anyone currently working outside the home or anyone returning to work as part of the Re-Open Saskatchewan plan.

Testing is also available to:

• Those being admitted to acute care for more than 24 hours, including expectant mothers.

• Immunocompromised individuals and their health care providers.

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