There are two new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Aug. 22.
The new cases are located in the Saskatoon (1) and South West (1) zones.
There are now 1,597 reported cases, including 117 active cases.
Investigations completed thus far have found that 76 of 117 active cases are in communal living settings.
Five people are in hospital. One person is receiving inpatient care, while four people are in intensive care — all in Saskatoon.
Nineteen more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 1,458 recoveries.
Of the 1,597 cases in the province:
- 231 cases are travellers;
- 823 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 479 have no known exposures; and
- 64 are under investigation by local public health.
On a regional level:
- 412 cases from the south area (212 south west, 189 south central, 11 south east);
- 352 cases from the far north area (346 far north west, 0 far north central, 6 far north east);
- 257 cases from the north area (123 north west, 68 north central, 66 north east);
- 251 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 129,653 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 1,757 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.
