There are two new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Aug. 22, bringing the total to 1,597 reported cases.
One new case is in the Saskatoon region, and the other is in the southwest area.
Of the 1,597 reported cases, 117, or 7.3 per cent, are considered active.
Nineteen more people have recovered, bringing the total to 1,458, or 91.2 per cent of those diagnosed.
Five people are in hospital. One person is receiving inpatient care in Saskatoon. Four people are in intensive care, all in Saskatoon.
Investigations completed thus far have found that 76 of 117 active cases are in communal living settings.
A total of 412 cases are from the south area, with 212 southwest, 189 south central, 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 and six far northeast); 257 cases are from the north area (123 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 131 cases are from the Regina area
Of the 1,597 cases in the province, 231 cases are travellers, 823 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 479 have no known exposures and 64 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 261 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, 514 cases are in the 20-39 age range, 491 are in the 40-59 age range, 275 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.
Twenty-two deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported.
To date, 129,653 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of Aug. 20, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 92,969 people tested per million population. The national rate was 133,923 people tested per million population.
There were 1,757 COVID-19 tests performed in Saskatchewan on Friday.
