There are three new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Aug. 24.
All of the new cases are located in the North West zone.
One case deemed to be an out-of-province resident has been removed from the Saskatchewan count.
There are now 1,602 reported cases, including 98 active cases.
Investigations completed thus far have found that 60 of 98 active cases are in communal living settings.
Five people are in hospital. One person is receiving inpatient care, while four are in intensive care — all in Saskatoon.
Ten more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 1,482 recoveries.
Of the 1,602 cases in the province:
- 233 cases are travellers;
- 818 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 484 have no known exposures; and
- 67 are under investigation by local public health
On a regional level:
- 413 cases are from the south area (213 south west, 189 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);
- 260 cases are from the north area (126 north west, 68 north central, 66 north east);
- 251 cases are from the Saskatoon area;
- 194 cases are from the central area (161 central west, 33 central east); and
- 132 cases are from the Regina area.
Twenty-two deaths have been reported to date.
A total of 131,944 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 1,031 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.
