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Three COVID-19 cases and 14 recoveries reported

Aug 23, 2020 | 2:10 PM

The Saskatchewan Health Authority is reporting three new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, with one case coming from each the North Central, Regina, and South West zones. There were also 14 recoveries reported.

There are now 106 active cases in the province, 69 of which are in communal living settings.

As of Sunday, there have been 1,600 reported cases in the province and 1,472 recoveries to date.

Five people are in hospital. One person is receiving inpatient care in Saskatoon. Four people are in intensive care, all in Saskatoon.

Investigations completed thus far have found that 69 of 106 active cases are in communal living settings.

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Cases of COVID-19 throughout the province. Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff

Of the 1,600 cases in the province:

· 232 cases are travellers;

· 823 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);

· 479 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.

· 261 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.

Fifty-one per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males.

There are 22 deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.

Active cases of COVID-19 throughout the province. Submitted photo, Saskatchewan Health Authority

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)

· 258 cases are from the north area (123 north west, 69 north central, 66 north east)

· 251 cases from the Saskatoon area

· 194 cases from the central area (161 central west, 33 central east)

· 132 cases from the Regina area

To date, 130,913 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of August 21, 2020, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 94,156 people tested per million population. The national rate was 135,058 people tested per million population.

On Saturday, 1,260 COVID-19 tests were performed in Saskatchewan.

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