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There is a growing number of COVID-19 positive cases and rising level of transmission within communities and communal living venues in southwest and west-central Saskatchewan.

According to a press release issued Thursday, while some cases have links to communal settings, it is crucial to note that there are also several other, unrelated increases in cases in this geographical area.

This overall increased level of COVID-19 activity means there is an increased risk of transmission to the public.

There are 42 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on July 16, bringing the total to 923 cases. Thirty-one of the new cases are in the south, six are in the central region, four are in the Saskatoon region and one is in the north.

Of the 923 reported cases, 114, or 12.3 per cent, are considered active. Three more people have recovered, bringing the Saskatchewan total to 794, or about 86 per cent of those diagnosed with COVID-19.

Eleven people are in hospital. Nine people are receiving inpatient care; seven in Saskatoon, one in the south and one in the north. Two people are in intensive care; one in Saskatoon and one in the south.

There have been 115 cases from the south region; 49 are considered active. As for the rest of the province, 339 of the cases are from the Far North, 204 are from the Saskatoon area, 121 are from the north and 85 are from the Regina area and 59 from the Central region.

Of the 923 cases in the province, 180 cases are travellers, 504 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 134 have no known exposures and 105 are under investigation by local public health.

Fifty-eight cases are health care workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to health care in all instances.

A total of 130 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, 321 cases are in the 20-39 age range, 285 are in the 40-59 age range, 161 are in the 60-79 age range and 26 are in the 80-plus range.

Fifty-one per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males.

Fifteen deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported in this province.

To date, 78,851 COVID鈥�19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of July 14, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan鈥檚 per capita rate was 56,964 people tested per million population. The national rate was 88,906 people tested per million population.