There are two new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Aug. 28.
The new cases are in the Far North West (1) and Saskatoon (1) zones.
There are now 1,611 reported cases, including 44 active cases.
Investigations completed thus far have found that 20 of the 44 active cases are in communal living settings.
Three people are in hospital. One person is receiving inpatient care, while two are in intensive care — all in Saskatoon.
Sixteen more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 1,543 recoveries.
Of the 1,611 cases in the province:
- 234 cases are travellers;
- 824 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 482 have no known exposures; and
- 71 are under investigation by local public health
On a regional level:
- 413 cases from the south area (213 south west, 189 south central, 11 south east);
- 353 cases from the far north area (347 far north west, 6 far north east);
- 262 cases from the north area (128 north west, 68 north central, 66 north east);
- 257 cases from the Saskatoon area;
- 194 cases from the central area (161 central west, 33 central east); and
- 132 cases from the Regina area.
Twenty-four deaths have been reported to date.
A total of 136,333 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 1,561 COVID-19 tests were performed in Saskatchewan.
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.
