There are five new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Aug. 27.
The new cases are in the North West (3) and Saskatoon (2) zones.
There are now 1,609 reported cases, including 58 active cases.
Investigations completed thus far have found that 29 of the 58 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.
Seven more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 1,527 recoveries.
Of the 1,609 cases in the province:
- 234 cases are travellers;
- 822 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 484 have no known exposures; and
- 69 are under investigation by local public health
On a regional level:
- 413 cases from the south area (213 south west, 189 south central, 11 south east);
- 352 cases from the far north area (346 far north west, 6 far north east);
- 262 cases from the north area (128 north west, 68 north central, 66 north east);
- 256 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 134,772 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 1,254 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.
