Another Saskatchewan resident has died from COVID-19. This person was in the South Central zone and was in the 80 to 89 age range.
Twenty-one people have died from COVID-19 in the province.
There are 25 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Aug. 15.
The new cases are located in the North West (17), South Central (6), and Saskatoon (2) zones.
There are now 1,566 reported cases, including 189 active cases.
Twenty-three of the 25 new cases and 123 of 189 active cases are in communal living settings.
Eight people are in hospital. Three people are receiving inpatient care — two in Saskatoon and one in Regina. Five people are in intensive care — three in Saskatoon, one in the North Central region, and one in the South West.
Nine more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 1,356 recoveries.
Of the 1,566 cases in the province:
- 222 cases are travellers;
- 804 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 455 have no known exposures; and
- 85 are under investigation by local public health.
On a regional level:
- 394 cases from the south area (201 south west, 182 south central, 11 south east);
- 352 cases from the far north area (346 far north west, 0 far north central, 6 far north east);
- 251 cases from the north area (118 north west, 68 north central, 65 north east);
- 247 cases from the Saskatoon area;
- 190 cases from the central area (160 central west, 30 central east); and
- 131 cases from the Regina area.
A total of 120,486 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 2,016 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.
