A person in their 70s from Saskatchewan’s central west area who had COVID-19 has died.
That brings the fatality total to 23.
There were no new cases reported in the Tuesday update from the province and one previous case found to be an out-of-province resident has been removed from the count, for an overall total of 16-hundred-1 cases.
Eight people have recovered, for a total to date of 14-hundred-9 recoveries.
There are now 88 active cases of the virus.
Four people are in the hospital, all in Saskatoon with 3 in intensive care.
Investigations completed thus far have found that 57 of 88 active cases are in communal living settings.
Of the 1,601 cases in the province:
233 cases are travelers;
818 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
484 have no known exposures; and
66 are under investigation by local public health
Overall 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. 515 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.
23 deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.
There are:
o 413 cases from the south area (213 south west, 189 south central, 11 south east)
o 352 cases from the far north area (346 far north west, 0 far north central, 6 far north east)
o 259 cases from the north area (125 north west, 68 north central, 66 north east)
o 251 cases from the Saskatoon area
o 194 cases from the central area (161 central west, 33 central east)
o 132 cases from the Regina area
To date, 132,332 COVID19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of August 23, 2020, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 95,704 people tested per million population. The national rate was 137,517 people tested per million population.
Yesterday (Mon), 388 COVID-19 tests were performed in Saskatchewan.
