There are five new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Sept. 5.
The new cases are located in the Saskatoon (3) and South Central (2) zones. One case is located in the South Cenral 2 sub-zone, which includes Moose Jaw and area.
There are now 1,643 reported cases, including 40 active cases.
Two people are in hospital. One person is receiving inpatient care, while another is in intensive care — both in Saskatoon.
One more person has recovered, increasing the provincial total to 1,579 recoveries.
Of the 1,643 cases in the province:
- 251 cases are travellers;
- 832 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 488 have no known exposures; and
- 72 are under investigation by local public health
On a regional level:
- 423 cases from the south area (217 south west, 195 south central, 11 south east);
- 353 cases from the far north area (347 far north west, 6 far north east);
- 270 cases from the Saskatoon area;
- 267 cases from the north area (130 north west, 71 north central, 66 north east);
- 198 cases from the central area (164 central west, 34 central east); and
- 132 cases from the Regina area.
Twenty-four deaths have been reported to date.
A total of 146,795 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 2,123 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.
