In the July 15th COVID-19 update from The Saskatchewan Health Authority, they are reporting 30 new cases of the virus in the province.

Of those 30 new cases, 3 in Far North West, 1 in Far North Central, 5 in Far North East, 4 in the North West, 1 in North East, 1 in Saskatoon, 4 in Central West, 1 in Central East, 4 in Regina, 1 in South West and 1 in the South East. Four cases are pending residence information

Two cases with pending locations were assigned to zones: Far North West, 1; and Regina, 1. Eleven non-Saskatchewan residents were removed from the total case count of the following zones: North West, 1; Saskatoon, 1; Regina, 2; South West, 1; and pending residence, 6.

That brings the provincial total number of cases to 49,341, of which 373 are considered active.

There are 16 active cases and 1 new case in the South West zone  - all in the South West subzone 2.

No new deaths were reported. 

There were 9 recoveries reported, bringing that provincial total to 48,395.

The seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases is 27 (2.3 new cases per 100,000 population).

There are 52 people in hospital. Forty-three are receiving inpatient care: Far North East, 1; North West, 2; North Central, 2; Saskatoon, 18; Central East, 1; Regina, 16; and South East, 3.

Nine are in intensive care: North Central, 1; Saskatoon, 5; and Regina,3.

To date, 939,834 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan.

And yesterday there were 1,400 COVID-19 tests processed.

There were no new lineage results reported for Variants of Concern today.

Of the 7,747 VOCs with lineages identified by whole genome sequencing in Saskatchewan, 6,952 are Alpha (B.1.1.7), 408 are Gamma (P.1), 377 are Delta (B.1.617.2) and 10 are Beta (B.1.351).

An additional 7,787 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number administered to 1,321,210.

Of the 7,787 vaccine doses given, there were 108 administered in the South West zone.

Seventy-three percent of those 12 and over have received their first vaccine dose, and 57% of those 12 and over are fully vaccinated.