There are four new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Sept. 4, bringing the total to 1,638 reported cases.
There is one new case in each of the north central, central west, southwest and south central zones.
Of the 1,638 reported cases, 36, or about 2.2 per cent, are considered active.
Four more people have recovered, bringing the provincial total to 1,578 recoveries, or 96.3 per cent of those diagnosed.
Three people are in hospital. Two people are receiving inpatient care in Saskatoon and one person is in intensive care in Saskatoon.
There are 421 cases from the south area (217 southwest, 193 south central, 11 southeast). None of the cases in the southeast are active.
As for the rest of the province, 353 cases are from the far north area (347 far northwest, six far northeast), 267 cases are from the Saskatoon area, 267 cases are from the north area (130 northwest, 71 north central, 66 northeast), 198 cases are from the central area (164 central west, 34 central east) and 132 cases from the Regina area.
Of the 1,638 cases in the province, 250 cases are travellers, 831 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 487 have no known exposures and 70 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, 526 cases are in the 20-39 age range, 501 are in the 40-59 age range, 278 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, 144,672 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of Sept. 2, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 103,502 people tested per million population. The national rate was 150,008 people tested per million population.
A total of 1,221 COVID-19 tests were performed in Saskatchewan on Thursday.
