Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer, Dr. Saqib Shahab. (Evan Radford/980 CJME)

By paNOW Staff

The Latest Numbers

Province records 27 new COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan

Aug 13, 2020 | 2:03 PM

There are 27 new COVID-19 cases to report in the province, bringing Saskatchewan’s total to 1,511 cases.

The new cases are located in the South West (18), South Central (four), Saskatoon (three) and Regina (two) regions.

There are 10 people in hospital, with five receiving inpatient care. There are three in Saskatoon, one in the North Central region, and one in Regina. Five people are in intensive care with three in Saskatoon, one in the North Central region and one in the South West region.

The Saskatchewan Health Authority continues to work with Hutterite communities in the province. Many have seen a significant decline in active cases, and through the work of aggressive testing and contact tracing new cases have been discovered. The efforts remain ongoing. Of the 27 new cases, 22 are in communal living settings along with 95 of the 166 active cases.

The latest COVID-19 numbers in Saskatchewan. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)

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Of the province’s total cases, 216 are travellers, 775 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 411 have no known exposures and 109 are under investigation by public health.

Across the province 64 cases are health care workers (although not all sourced their infections from work).

• 359 cases are from the south area (178 south west, 170 south central, 11 south east);
• 352 cases are from the far north area (346 far north west, zero far north central, six far north east)
• 245 cases are from the Saskatoon area;
• 233 cases are from the north area (101 north west, 67 north central, 65 north east);
• 190 cases are from the central area (160 central west, 30 central east); and
• 131 cases are from the Regina area.
  The latest COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan as of Aug. 13. (submitted photo/SHA)

There are 246 cases involving people aged 19 and under.

There are 479 cases in the 20 to 39 age range, 476 are in the 40 to 59 age range; 255 in the 60 to 79 age range and 55 among people in the 80-plus age range.

Of the total amount of cases, 50 per cent are females and 50 per cent are males.

To date, 116,804 tests for the virus have been performed in the province. Yesterday 1,800 tests were performed. Testing is now available for anyone who requests it, regardless of whether they have symptoms.

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