There are 11 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of August 6.
The new cases are located in the South Central (9), Saskatoon (1) and South West (1) zones. Specifically, the new cases are in the South Central 1 sub zone. Moose Jaw is in South Central 2.
Of today’s 11 reported cases, 10 are people living in communal living settings.
One more person has died from COVID-19. This person was in the Regina region and was in the 70-79 age range.
There are now 1,387 reported cases, including 204 active cases.
Thirty-one more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 1,164 recoveries.
Thirteen people are in hospital. Seven people are receiving inpatient care — three in Saskatoon, two in the South West region, one in the Central East region, and one in Regina. Six people are in intensive care — four in Saskatoon, one in Regina, and one in the North Central region.
Of the 1,387 cases in the province:
- 205 cases are travellers;
- 706 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 365 have no known exposures; and
- 111 are under investigation by local public health.
On a regional leve:
- 352 cases are from the far north zone (346 far north west, 0 far north central, 6 far north east);
- 304 cases are from the south zone (150 south west, 143 south central, 11 south east);
- 218 cases are from the Saskatoon zone;
- 226 cases are from the north zone (98 north west, 63 north central, 65 north east);
- 187 cases are from the central zone (159 central west, 28 central east); and
- 100 cases are from the Regina zone.
Nineteen deaths have been reported to date.
A total of 106,019 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 954 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.
