There are five new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on July 19, bringing the total to 943 cases.  The new cases are located in the Central (4) and Saskatoon (1) regions.

Three more cases reported on July 11 as positive have been updated to a negative result and have been removed from the total cases, bringing the total to four cases removed.

Of the 943 reported cases, 129 are considered active.  A total of 799 people have recovered with one more person recovering.

Twelve people are in hospital.  Nine people are receiving inpatient care; five in Saskatoon, three in the South and one in the North.  Three people are in intensive care; two in Saskatoon and one in the South.

To date, 81,624 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan.  As of July 17, 2020, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 59,544 people tested per million population. 

The national rate was 92,628 people tested per million population. There have been 2,634 COVID-19 tests performed in Saskatchewan over the past two days: 1,339 on Saturday; and 1,295 on Sunday.  This represents the two highest daily testing totals to date.