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By paNOW Staff

COVID-19 report

42 new cases of COVID-19, 11 recoveries reported in province

Jul 26, 2020 | 2:03 PM

There are 42 new cases of COVID-19, the Saskatchewan Health Authority announced on Sunday. The South region accounts for 22 of the new cases, while Saskatoon has 10 new cases, Central has eight and the North has two new cases.

That brings the province up to 1,178 total cases, 289 of which are active. A total of 873 people have recovered, with 11 more recoveries reported on Sunday.

Thirteen people are in hospital. Nine people are receiving inpatient care; four in Saskatoon, two in the central region, two in the south and one in Regina. Four people are in intensive care; three in Saskatoon and one in Regina.

A graph of the updated COVID-19 cases in the province. Aaron Schulze/paNOW Staff

Of the 1,178 cases in the province:

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• 198 cases are travellers;
• 597 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
• 272 have no known exposures; and
• 111 are under investigation by local public health.
  The COVID-19 cases, by region, as of July 26. Saskatchewan Health Authority.

Overall in Saskatchewan:

• 60 cases are health care workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to health care in all instances.
• 347 of the cases are from the Far North, 255 from the South, 229 are from the Saskatoon area, 131 from the North, 128 from the Central region and 88 from the Regina area.
• 176 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
• 394 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 368 are in the 40-59 age range; 203 are in the 60-79 age range; and 37 are in the 80-plus range.
• 51 per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males.
• 16 deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.

To date, 91,183 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of July 24, 2020, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 66,282 people tested per million population. The national rate was 100,080 people tested per million population.

Yesterday, 1,396 COVID-19 tests were performed in Saskatchewan.

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