There is just one new case of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Aug. 17.
The new case is located in the South West zone.
There are now 1,581 reported cases, including 172 active cases.
Investigations completed thus far have found that 113 of 172 active cases are in communal living settings.
Eight people are in hospital. Four people are receiving inpatient care — two in the South West, one in Saskatoon, and one in Regina. Four people are in intensive care, all in Saskatoon.
Twenty-two more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 1,387 recoveries.
Of the 1,581 cases in the province:
- 224 cases are travellers;
- 809 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 470 have no known exposures; and
- 78 are under investigation by local public health.
On a regional level:
- 405 cases from the south area (207 south west, 187 south central, 11 south east);
- 352 cases from the far north area (346 far north west, 0 far north central, 6 far north east);
- 252 cases from the north area (119 north west, 68 north central, 65 north east);
- 247 cases from the Saskatoon area;
- 194 cases from the central area (161 central west, 33 central east); and
- 131 cases from the Regina area.
Twenty-two deaths have been reported to date.
A total of 123,288 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 1,043 COVID-19 tests were performed.
For more information, visit www.saskatchewan.ca/COVID19. You can find the maps and the breakdown of cases by region on the government's website.
