Southeast Saskatchewan is still COVID 19 free. Just two new cases were discovered in the province after a total of 1,757 tests were performed on Friday, just two new cases were found.

With only the two new cases, 19 recoveries were found in the province, dropping the active cases in the province to 117. Since Monday, actives cases in the province have dropped by a total of 55 cases, new cases included.

Of the 117 active cases in the province, 76 of them are in communal living settings or just short of 65%.

Of the 1,597 cases in the province:

  • 231 cases are travellers; 
  • 823 are community contacts (including mass gatherings); 
  • 479 have no known exposures; and 
  • 64 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. 514 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 491 are in the 40-59 age range; 275 are in the 60-79 age range; and 56 are in the 80-plus range.
  • 51 per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males.22 deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.
  • There are: 
    • 412 cases from the south area (212 south west, 189 south central, 11 south east)
    • 352 cases from the far north area (346 far north west, 0 far north central, 6 far north east) 
    • 257 cases from the north area (123 north west, 68 north central, 66 north east) 
    • 251 cases from the Saskatoon area 194 cases from the central area (161 central west, 33 central east) 
    • 131 cases from the Regina area 

To date, 129,653 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of August 20, 2020, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 92,969 people tested per million population. The national rate was 133,923 people tested per million population.