For the first time since early June, there are no new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, the Ministry of Health said Monday, and one case found to be an out-of-province resident has been removed from the Saskatchewan count.
This brings the total to 1,601 reported cases.
One more person with COVID-19 has died. This person was in the central west zone and was in the 70-79 age range.
Of the 1,601 reported cases, 88, or 5.5 per cent, are considered active.
Eight more people have recovered, bringing the provincial total to 1,490 people have recovered, or about 93 per cent of those diagnosed with the virus.
Four people are in hospital. One person is receiving inpatient care in Saskatoon. Three people are in intensive care in Saskatoon.
Investigations completed thus far have found that 57 of 88 active cases are in communal living settings.
There have been 413 cases are from the south area (213 southwest, 189 south central and 11 southeast). None of the cases in the southeast are considered active.
As for the rest of the province, 352 cases are from the far north area (346 far northwest, zero far north central, six far northeast); 260 cases are from the north area (125 northwest, 68 north central, 66 northeast); 251 cases are from the Saskatoon area; 194 cases are from the central area (161 central west, 33 central east); and 132 cases are from the Regina area.
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
Sixty-five cases are healthcare workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to healthcare in all instances.
A total of 262 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, 515 cases are in the 20-39 age range, 492 are in the 40-59 age range, 276 are in the 60-79 age range and 56 are in the 80-plus range.
Fifty-one per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males.
To date, 132,332 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of Aug. 23, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 95,704 people tested per million population. The national rate was 137,517 people tested per million people.
A total of 388 COVID-19 tests were performed in Saskatchewan on Monday.
