Another Saskatchewan resident has died from COVID-19. It is the second death in as many days and the 22nd in the province.
This person was in the North Central zone and was in the 80 to 89 age range.
There are 15 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Aug. 16. One person whose residence information was pending, lives outside of Saskatchewan and the case has been removed from the provincial total.
The new cases are located in the South Central (5), South West (5), Central East (3), North West (1), and Central West (1) zones.
Three of the new cases are in the South Central 2 sub-zone, which includes Moose Jaw and area.
There are now 1,580 reported cases, including 193 active cases.
Investigations have found 12 of the 15 new cases and 127 of 193 active cases are in communal living settings.
Eight people are in hospital. Four people are receiving inpatient care — two in the South West, one in Saskatoon, and one in Regina. Four people are in intensive care, all in Saskatoon.
Nine more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 1,365 recoveries.
Of the 1,580 cases in the province:
- 222 cases are travellers;
- 809 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 465 have no known exposures; and
- 84 are under investigation by local public health.
On a regional level:
- 404 cases from the south area (206 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);
- 252 cases from the north area (119 north west, 68 north central, 65 north east);
- 247 cases from the Saskatoon area;
- 194 cases from the central area (161 central west, 33 central east); and
- 131 cases from the Regina area.
A total of 122,245 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 1,759 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.
