The Wednesday July 22 COVID-19 update from The Saskatchewan Health Authority is reporting 60 new cases of the virus in the province.

The new cases include 50 in the South, 4 in Saskatoon, 3 in the Central Region, 2 in the Far North, and 1 in the North Region.

Of the 60 cases reported today, 48 are from colonies in the southwest and west central regions. Forty-three of those are located in a single communal living setting in the RM of Lawtonia. 

There are currently 17 Hutterite communities with active cases in the following Rural Municipalities:

Auverge

Biggar

Carmichael

Eagle Creek

Grandview

Harris

Kindersley

Lawtonia

Maple Creek

Newcombe

Perdue

Pleasant Valley

Prairiedale

Saskatchewan Landing

St. Andrews

Tramping Lake

Webb

 

That brings the provincial total of cases to 1,030, 190 of which are considered active.

There are now a total of 93 active cases in the South.

There have been 12 more recoveries today, bringing that provincial total to 825.

Thirteen people are in hospital. Ten are receiving inpatient care-six in Saskatoon, two in the South, and two in the North. Three people are in intensive care-two in Saskatoon, and one in the South.

To date, 84,916 COVID-19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan.