A person in their 70s from the Regina region has died from COVID-19, becoming the province’s 19th death. 

There were 11 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan on Thursday, bringing the provincial total to 1,387 cases. 

The new cases are located in the South Central (9), Saskatoon (1) and South West (1) zones.  Of 11 new cases, ten are people living in communal living settings. 

Thirteen people are in hospital.  Seven people are receiving inpatient care; three in Saskatoon, two in the South West region, one in the Central East region and one in Regina.  Six people are in intensive care; four in Saskatoon, one in Regina and one in the North Central region. 

To date, 106,019 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan.  As of August 4, 2020, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 77,325 people tested per million population.  The national rate was 113,666 people tested per million population. On Wednesday, 954 COVID-19 tests were performed in Saskatchewan.