There are four new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Aug. 19.
The new cases are located in the North West (2) and South West (2) zones.
There are now 1,586 reported cases, including 154 active cases.
Investigations completed thus far have found that 104 of 154 active cases are in communal living settings.
Seven people are in hospital. Three people are receiving inpatient care — two in the South West and one in Saskatoon. Four people are in intensive care, all in Saskatoon.
Seven more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 1,410 recoveries.
Of the 1,586 cases in the province:
- 226 cases are travellers;
- 813 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 473 have no known exposures; and
- 74 are under investigation by local public health.
On a regional level:
- 407 cases from the south area (209 south west, 187 south central, 11 south east);
- 352 cases from the far north area (346 far north west, 0 far north central, 6 far north east);
- 254 cases from the north area (121 north west, 68 north central, 65 north east);
- 248 cases from the Saskatoon area;
- 194 cases from the central area (161 central west, 33 central east); and
- 131 cases from the Regina area.
Twenty-two deaths have been reported to date.
A total of 125,181 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 962 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.
