Another Saskatchewan resident has died from COVID-19. This person was in the Central West zone and was in the 70 to 79 age range.
There are no new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Aug. 25.
One case found to be an out-of-province resident has been removed from the Saskatchewan count.
There are now 1,601 reported cases, including 88 active cases.
Investigations completed thus far have found that 57 of 88 active cases are in communal living settings.
Four people are in hospital. One person is receiving inpatient care, while three people are in intensive care — all in Saskatoon.
Eight more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 1,490 recoveries.
Of the 1,601 cases in the province:
- 233 cases are travellers;
- 818 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 484 have no known exposures; and
- 66 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, 0 far north central, 6 far north east);
- 259 cases from the north area (125 north west, 68 north central, 66 north east);
- 251 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-three deaths have been reported to date.
A total of 132,332 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 388 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.
