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COVID-19 report

Province reports 21st COVID-19 death, 25 new cases

Aug 15, 2020 | 1:47 PM

The Saskatchewan Health Authority reported the 21^st death related to COVID-19 on Saturday. The person was in their 80s and was in the province’s South Central zone.

The province also reported 25 new cases of COVID-19, 17 from the North West, six from South Central and two from Saskatoon.

Of the 1,566 reported cases, 189 are considered active. A total of 1,356 people have recovered.

Eight people are in hospital. Three people are receiving inpatient care; two in Saskatoon and one in Regina. Five people are in intensive care; three in Saskatoon, one in the North Central region and one in the South West.

Twenty-three of the 25 new cases and 123 of 189 active cases are in communal living settings.

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The active COVID-19 cases in the province, divided by region. Saskatchewan Health Authority.

Of the 1,566 cases in the province:

• 222 cases are travellers;

• 804 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);

• 455 have no known exposures; and

• 85 are under investigation by local public health.

Overall in Saskatchewan:

• 64 cases are healthcare workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to healthcare in all instances.

There are:

• 394 cases from the south area (201 south west, 182 south central, 11 south east)
• 352 cases from the far north area (346 far north west, 0 far north central, 6 far north east)
• 251 cases from the north area (118 north west, 68 north central, 65 north east)
• 247 cases from the Saskatoon area
• 190 cases from the central area (160 central west, 30 central east)
• 131 cases from the Regina area
• One case with residence information pending
• 257 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
• 498 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 488 are in the 40-59 age range; 268 are in the 60-79 age range; and 55 are in the 80-plus range.
• 51 per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males.
• 21 deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.

To date, 120,486 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. On Friday, 2,016 COVID-19 tests were performed.

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