There are four new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Aug. 29, according to the Ministry of Health, bringing the total to 1,615 reported cases.
Two cases are in the southwest region and two more are in the Saskatoon zone.
Of the 1,615 reported cases, 43, or approximately 2.7 per cent, are considered active. Five more people have recovered, bringing the provincial total to 1,548, or about 96 per cent of those diagnosed.
Three people are in hospital. One person is receiving inpatient care in Saskatoon and two people are in intensive care in Saskatoon.
Investigations completed thus far have found that 18 of the 43 active cases are in communal living settings.
There have been 415 cases from the south area (215 southwest, 189 south central, 11 southeast). None of the cases in the southeast are considered active.
As for the rest of the province, 353 cases are from the far north area (347 far northwest, six far northeast), 262 cases are from the north area (128 northwest, 68 north central, 66 northeast), 259 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 1,615 cases in the province, 236 cases are travellers, 825 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 483 have no known exposures and 71 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 267 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, 519 cases are in the 20-39 age range, 494 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, 137,991 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of Aug. 27, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 98,695 people tested per million population. The national rate was 142,470 people tested per million people.
There were 1,658 COVID-19 tests performed in Saskatchewan on Friday.
