Another Saskatchewan resident has died from COVID-19. This person was in the South West zone and in the 50-59 age range. It is the second death in as many days and the 24th overall in the province.
There are three new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Aug. 26.
The new cases are in the Saskatoon region.
There are now 1,604 reported cases, including 60 active cases.
Investigations completed thus far have found that 24 of the 60 active cases are in communal living settings.
Three people are in hospital. One person is receiving inpatient care while two people are in intensive care — all in Saskatoon.
Thirty more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 1,520 recoveries.
Of the 1,604 cases in the province:
- 233 cases are travellers;
- 818 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, 0 far north central, 6 far norh east);
- 259 cases from the north area (125 north west, 68 north central, 66 north east);
- 254 cases from the Saskatoon area;
- 194 cases from the central area (161 central west, 33 central east); and
- 132 cases from the Regina area.
A total of 135,518 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 1,186 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.
