There are three new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Aug. 23.
The new cases are located in the North Central (1), Regina (1) and South West (1) zones.
There are now 1,600 reported cases, including 106 active cases.
Investigations completed thus far have found that 69 of 106 active cases are in communal living settings.
Five people are in hospital. One person is receiving inpatient care in Saskatoon, while four people are in intensive care — all in Saskatoon.
Fourteen more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 1,472 recoveries.
Of the 1,600 cases in the province:
- 232 cases are travellers;
- 823 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 479 have no known exposures; and
- 66 are under investigation by local public health
Twenty-two deaths have been reported to date.
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);
- 258 cases are from the north area (123 north west, 69 north central, 66 north east);
- 251 cases from the Saskatoon area;
- 194 cases from the central area (161 central west, 33 central east); and
- 132 cases from the Regina area.
A total of 130,913 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 1,260 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.
