There are 19 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan.

The Monday numbers from the province show eight of the 19 new cases, which brings the provincial total to 962, are from the Central region with five apiece in the Saskatoon and South regions, the other case comes from the North.

Of the 962 reported case, 145 are considered active.

There are three recoveries putting the provincial total at 802.

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

To date, 82,943 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan.  As of July 18, 2020, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 60,463 people tested per million population.  The national rate was 93,658 people tested per million population.

COVID-19 tests continue to be performed at a high rate.  Since Sunday, 1,319 COVID-19 tests were performed, resulting in a total of 3,953 tests taking place over the past three days.