There are 27 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Aug. 13.
The new cases are located in the South West (18), South Central (4), Saskatoon (3), and Regina (2) regions. None of the new cases are in the South Central 2 sub-zone, which includes Moose Jaw and area.
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) says that 22 of the 27 cases and 95 of 166 active cases are in communal living settings. The SHA says they continue to work closely with Hutterite communities throughout the province. Aggressive testing and contact tracing continues to find new cases in some communities.
There are now 1,511 reported cases, including 166 active cases.
Ten people are in hospital. Five people are receiving inpatient care — three in Saskatoon, one in Regina, and one in the North Central region. Five people are in intensive care — three in Saskatoon, one in the North Central region, and one in the South West.
Eleven more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 1,325 recoveries.
Of the 1,511 cases in the province:
- 216 cases are travellers;
- 775 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 411 have no known exposures; and
- 109 are under investigation by local public health.
On a regional level:
- 359 cases are from the south area (178 south west, 170 south central, 11 south east);
- 352 cases are from the far north area (346 far north west, 0 far north central, 6 far north east)
- 245 cases are from the Saskatoon area;
- 233 cases are from the north area (101 north west, 67 north central, 65 north east);
- 190 cases are from the central area (160 central west, 30 central east); and
- 131 cases are from the Regina area.
Twenty deaths have been reported to date.
A total of 116,804 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 1,800 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.
