The number of cases of COVID-19 in Hutterite Colonies that are active has dropped to just five out of the 34 cases considered active in the province. Because the number is so low, the province says it will not report communal living settings as a separate number unless it goes above 20.

There are four new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan as of Monday and they are located at one each in Saskatoon, Central East, South West and South Central zones. Sunday, 981 COVID-19 tests were performed in Saskatchewan. There have been a total of 1,619 cases of COVID-19 in the province to date. Three people are in hospital, all them in Saskatoon, with two in intensive care.

Of the 1,619 cases in the province:
o 237 cases are travellers;
o 826 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
o 483 have no known exposures; and
o 73 are under investigation by local public health

Overall in Saskatchewan:
o 66 cases are healthcare workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to healthcare in all instances.
o 269 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults. 521 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.
o 51 per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males.
o 24 deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.
o There are:
o 417 cases from the south area (216 south west, 190 south central, 11 south east)
o 353 cases from the far north area (347 far north west, 6 far north east)
o 262 cases from the north area (128 north west, 68 north central, 66 north east)
o 260 cases from the Saskatoon area
o 195 cases from the central area (161 central west, 34 central east)
o 132 cases from the Regina area

To date, 140,253 COVID-19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of August 29, 2020, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 100,728 people tested per million population. The national rate was 144,734 people tested per million population.

Yesterday, 981 COVID-19 tests were performed in Saskatchewan.