There are two new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan as of Sept. 2.
The new cases are located in the North West (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 location of the pending case reported yesterday was determined to be in the North West.
There are now 1,624 reported cases, including 29 active cases.
Two people are in hospital. One person is receiving inpatient care, while another is in intensive care — both in Saskatoon.
Four more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 1,571 recoveries.
Of the 1,624 cases in the province:
- 240 cases are travellers;
- 829 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 485 have no known exposures; and
- 70 are under investigation by local public health
On a regional level:
- 418 cases from the south area (216 south west, 191 south central, 11 south east);
- 353 cases from the far north area (347 far north west, 6 far north east);
- 265 cases from the north area (130 north west, 69 north central, 66 north east);
- 261 cases from the Saskatoon area;
- 195 cases from the central area (161 central west, 34 central east); and
- 132 cases from the Regina area.
Twenty-four deaths have been reported to date.
A total of 142,126 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 1,220 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.
