There are four new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Aug. 29.
The new cases are in the South West (2) and Saskatoon (2) zones.
There are now 1,615 reported cases, including 43 active cases.
Investigations completed thus far have found that 18 of the 43 active cases are in communal living settings.
Three people are in hospital. One person is receiving inpatient care, while two are in intensive care — all in Saskatoon.
Five more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 1,548 recoveries.
Of the 1,615 cases in the province:
- 236 cases are travellers;
- 825 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 483 have no known exposures; and
- 71 are under investigation by local public health
On a regional level:
- 415 cases from the south area (215 south west, 189 south central, 11 south east);
- 353 cases from the far north area (347 far north west, 6 far north east);
- 262 cases from the north area (128 north west, 68 north central, 66 north east);
- 259 cases from the Saskatoon area;
- 194 cases from the central area (161 central west, 33 central east); and
- 132 cases from the Regina area.
Twenty-four deaths have been reported to date.
A total of 137,991 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 1,658 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.
