The government of Saskatchewan announced 4 new cases of COVID-19 in the province today, with one in Saskatoon, one in the east-central region, one in the southwest, and one in the south-central zone. A full map of 'cases-per-region' can be found below.

Another 12 recoveries were reported as well, bringing the number of active cases to 34 throughout the province.

Three people are in hospital, with one receiving inpatient care and 2 in intensive care.

According to the provincial government; "Investigations completed thus far have found that five of the 34 active cases are in communal living settings. As the number of active cases in communal living settings is now very low, it will no longer be reported separately unless the number of active cases in these settings rises above 20."

Of the 1,619 cases in the province:  

  • 237 cases are travellers;    
  • 826 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);      
  • 483 have no known exposures; and       
  • 73 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 is 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.   
  • 51 percent of the cases are females and 49 percent are males.      
  • 24 deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.

There are:

  • 417 cases from the south area (216 southwest, 190 south-central, 11 southeast)
  • 353 cases from the far north area (347 far northwest, 6 far northeast)
  • 262 cases from the north area (128 northwest, 68 north-central, 66 northeast)
  • 260 cases from the Saskatoon area
  • 195 cases from the central area (161 central west, 34 central east)
  • 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.