There are five new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Aug. 12.
The new cases are located in the Regina (4) and North Central (1) zones.
There are now 1,484 reported cases, including 150 active cases.
Ten people are in hospital. Five people are receiving inpatient care — three in Saskatoon, one in Regina, and one in the South Central region. Five people are in intensive care — three in Saskatoon, one in the North Central region, and one in the South West.
Twenty more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 1,314 recoveries.
Of the 1,484 cases in the province:
- 212 cases are travellers;
- 747 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 415 have no known exposures; and
- 110 are under investigation by local public health.
On a regional level:.
- 352 cases are from the far north area (346 far north west, 0 far north central, 6 far north east);
- 337 cases are from the south area (160 south west, 166 south central, 11 south east);
- 233 cases are from the north area (101 north west, 67 north central, 65 north east);
- 242 cases are from the Saskatoon area;
- 190 cases are from the central area (160 central west, 30 central east); and
- 129 cases are from the Regina area.
The location of one case is still pending.
Twenty deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.
A total of 115,004 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 1,032 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.
