On one hand, the total number of COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan has eclipsed 16-hundred. On the other hand, the number of active cases of the novel coronavirus has dipped back below 100 in the province.

Monday’s update from the Ministry of Health showed three new COVID-19 infections…all in the northwest region. Add in the fact that a previous case was deemed to be out-of-province and taken off the provincial total, that leaves 1,602 total cases of the virus in Saskatchewan. But, 10 more individuals have been reported as recovered from COVID-19 for a total of 1,482, leaving 98 active cases. Of those, 60 are in Hutterite colonies and five people are in Saskatoon hospitals…four in the I.C.U.

Of the 1,602 cases in the province:

• 233 cases are travellers;
• 818 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
• 484 have no known exposures; and
• 67 are under investigation by local public healthOverall in Saskatchewan:
• 65 cases are healthcare workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to healthcare in all instances.
• 262 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults. 516 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.
• 51 per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males.
• 22 deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.
• There are:
  • 413 cases are from the south area (213 south west, 189 south central, 11 south east)
  • 352 cases are from the far north area (346 far north west, 0 far north central, 6 far north east)
  • 260 cases are from the north area (126 north west, 68 north central, 66 north east)
  • 251 cases are from the Saskatoon area
  • 194 cases are from the central area (161 central west, 33 central east)
  • 132 cases are from the Regina area

To date, 131,944 COVID-19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of August 22, 2020, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 95,021 people tested per million population. The national rate was 136,089 people tested per million population.

On Sunday, 1,031 COVID-19 tests were performed in Saskatchewan