There are 10 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Sept. 3.
The new cases are located in the Saskatoon (6), Central West (2), North Central (1) and South Central (1) zones. The new case is not in the South Central 2 sub-zone, which includes Moose Jaw and area.
The government reports that all of Saskatoon’s current active cases — as well as several of the active cases in the rest of the province — are directly related to out-of province-travel.
As a reminder, although interprovincial travel is permitted, travel to and from the province is discouraged. Unncessary trips should be avoided.
There are now 1,634 reported cases, including 36 active cases.
Two people are in hospital. One person is receiving inpatient care, while another is in intensive care — both in Saskatoon.
Three more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 1,574 recoveries.
Of the 1,634 cases in the province:
- 241 cases are travellers;
- 831 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 486 have no known exposures; and
- 76 are under investigation by local public health
On a regional level:
- 419 cases from the south area (216 south west, 192 south central, 11 south east);
- 353 cases from the far north area (347 far north west, 6 far north east);
- 267 cases from the Saskatoon area;
- 266 cases from the north area (130 north west, 70 north central, 66 north east);
- 195 cases from the central area (163 central west, 34 central east); and
- 132 cases from the Regina area.
Twenty-four deaths have been reported to date.
A total of 143,451 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 1,325 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.
