Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab. (file photo/CKOM News Staff)

By paNOW Staff

13 new cases

New provincial COVID-19 total at 936

Jul 17, 2020 | 2:46 PM

There are 13 new cases of COVID-19 to report in the province on July 17. The new total is 936 cases.

There is one case in the Far North, one in the North, eight in the central region, one in the South, and two in the Regina region.

Of the 936 cases, 128 are considered active. There have been 793 recoveries.

There are two new recoveries reported with one in the Far North and one in the South. Three cases were removed from the recovered status and reactivated. This happens if public health determined an individual relapsed or developed additional symptoms.

There are 12 people in hospital. Eleven are receiving inpatient care, seven in Saskatoon, two in the South, one in the North and one in the Central region.

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There is one person in the intensive care unit in the South.

Of the 936 cases in the province, 182 cases are travellers, 514 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 155 have no known exposures and 85 remain under investigation by local public health.

The latest map of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan as of July 17. (submitted photo/SHA)

Overall in the province, 59 cases are health care workers (although not all infections are related to work), 340 of the cases are from the Far North, 204 are are from the Saskatoon area, 122 are from the North area, 116 are from the South area, 87 are in the Regina area and 67 in the Central region.

There are 130 cases involving people aged 19 and under and the remainder are adults.

There are 323 cases in the 20 to 39 age range, 292 in the 40 to 59 age range, 163 in the 60 to 79 age range, and 28 in the 80-plus age range.

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

Fifteen deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported.

Testing is available to anyone who requests it whether they have symptoms or not.

The latest data on COVID-19 in the province as of July 17. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)

Domestic Flights

The province is informing locals of two domestic flights with a confirmed case of COVID-19.

The two recent flights are:

• AC 8629 Toronto-Saskatoon on July 9.
• WS605 Toronto-Regina on July 6.

All passengers who travelled on those flights are asked to self-monitor for symptoms for 14 days after their arrival.

Sports Guidelines with Re-Open Saskatchewan

Specific guidelines are in place for activities and sports as the province works on reopening.

The following information is for organizers and participants:

• Tournaments and interprovincial competition are not permitted.
• For sports or activities where participants are unable to adhere to physical distancing, groupings (mini-leagues) should be formed. Mini-leagues can be comprised of multiple teams, but no more than 50 individuals.
• Mini-leagues must be comprised of individuals within the same neighbourhood, community or local geographical region (e.g. within a rural municipality, town, quadrant of a city or nearest community).
• Game play can resume between teams in a mini-league and must be limited to teams within the same mini-league.
• Teams in different mini-leagues should not play each other.

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