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By paNOW Staff

COVID-19 update

Nine new cases of COVID-19; 59 cases active province-wide

Jul 6, 2020 | 2:16 PM

There are nine new cases of COVID-19 and 21 more recoveries in the province.

According to a media release, there are 805 total cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan. This includes two new cases reported on July 4, four new cases reported on July 5 and three new cases reported on July 6.

Three of the cases are in the Far North region, one is in the North region, one is in the Central region, two are in the Saskatoon area, and two are in the South region. Detailed COVID-19 data for July 4, 5 and 6 is available here.

Of the 805 reported COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan, 59 are considered active. A total of 732 people have recovered. Four people are in hospital.

Three individuals are receiving inpatient care in the hospital; two in the North and one in Saskatoon. One person is in intensive care in Saskatoon.

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Of the 805 cases in the province 167 cases are travellers, 480 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 113 have no known exposures and 45 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.

As of today, 338 of the cases are from the Far North, 189 are from the Saskatoon area, 119 from the North, 80 from the Regina area, 66 from the South and 13 from the Central region.

In Saskatchewan, 116 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.

Two hundred and eighty-two cases are in the 20-39 age range, 253 are in the 40-59 age range, 133 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 have been 14 deaths related to COVID-19 reported to date.

To date, 69,890 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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