Today (Wed), the province is reporting 2 new cases of COVID-19, 2 people in the hospital in Saskatoon, and 4 more recoveries.
The new cases are in the northwest and south central zones.
The location of the pending case reported yesterday was determined to be in the northwest.
That brings the total number of reported cases to 1,624, and 29 are considered active.
On Tuesday, 1,220 COVID-19 tests were performed in Saskatchewan.
Of the 1,624 cases in the province:
240 cases are travellers;
829 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
485 have no known exposures; and
70 are under investigation by local public health
Overall in Saskatchewan:
66 cases are healthcare workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to healthcare in all instances.
269 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults. 523 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 497 are in the 40-59 age range; 277 are in the 60-79 age range; and 58 are in the 80-plus range.
51 per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males.
24 deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.
There are:
o 418 cases from the south area (216 south west, 191 south central, 11 south east)
o 353 cases from the far north area (347 far north west, 6 far north east)
o 265 cases from the north area (130 north west, 69 north central, 66 north east)
o 261 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, 142,126 COVID19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of August 31, 2020, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 101,806 people tested per million population. The national rate was 147,530 people tested per million population.
Yesterday, 1,220 COVID-19 tests were performed in Saskatchewan.















