There are 10 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Sept. 3, according to the Ministry of Health, bringing the total to 1,634 reported cases.
Six new cases are in the Saskatoon region. Two are in central west, one is in north central and one is in south central.
It’s the highest single day total for new cases since Aug. 16.
All of Saskatoon’s current active cases and several of the active cases in the rest of the province are directly related to out of province travel.
Of the 1,634 reported cases, 36, or 2.2 per cent, are considered active.
Three more people have recovered, bringing the provincial total to 1,574, or 96.3 per cent of those diagnosed.
Two people are in hospital. One person is receiving inpatient care in Saskatoon and one person is in intensive care in Saskatoon.
There have been 419 cases from the south area (216 southwest, 192 south central, 11 southeast). None of the cases in the southeast are considered active.
As for the rest of the province, 353 cases from the far north area (347 far northwest, six far northeast), 267 cases are from the Saskatoon area, 266 cases are from the north area (130 northwest, 70 north central, 66 northeast), 195 cases are from the central area (163 central west, 34 central east) and 132 cases are from the Regina area.
Of the 1,634 cases in the province, 241 cases are travellers, 831 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 486 have no known exposures and 76 are under investigation by local public health.
Sixty-six cases are healthcare workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to healthcare in all instances.
A total of 275 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, 525 cases are in the 20-39 age range, 499 are in the 40-59 age range, 277 are in the 60-79 age range and 58 are in the 80-plus range.
Fifty-one per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males.
Twenty-four deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported.
To date, 143,451 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of Sept. 1, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 102,609 people tested per million people. The national rate was 148,714 people tested per million population.
There were 1,325 COVID-19 tests performed in Saskatchewan on Wednesday.
