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By paNOW Staff

Three in Hospital

Province records four new COVID-19 cases, 12 more recoveries

Aug 31, 2020 | 1:57 PM

There are four new cases of COVID-19 and 12 more recoveries to report in Saskatchewan.

The latest numbers brings the total amount to 1,619 reported cases. The new cases are located in Saskatoon (one), Central East (one), South West (one) and South Central (one) zones.

Of the total amount, 34 cases are considered active, with five of those cases in communal living settings. There have been 1,561 recoveries.

Three people are in hospital. One is receiving inpatient care in Saskatoon and two people are in the intensive care unit in Saskatoon.

Due to a low reported number of cases in communal living settings, the province will no longer report the number separately unless the number of active cases in those settings rises above 20.

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

Across the province, 66 cases are health care workers although not all may have sourced their infections from work.

There are 269 cases involving people aged 19 and under. There are 521 cases in the 20 to 39 age range, 494 in the 40 to 59 age range, 277 in the 60 to 79 age range and 58 are in the 80-plus age range.

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

There have been 24 deaths related to COVID-19 reported to date.

There are:

• 417 cases from the south area (216 south west, 190 south central, 11 south east)
• 353 cases from the far north area (347 far north west, 6 far north east)
• 262 cases from the north area (128 north west, 68 north central, 66 north east)
• 260 cases from the Saskatoon area
• 195 cases from the central area (161 central west, 34 central east)
• 132 cases from the Regina area
  The latest cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, as of Aug. 31. (submitted photo/SHA)

Testing remains available for anyone who requests it, regardless of whether or not they have symptoms. To date, 140,253 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province, with 981 occurring yesterday.

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