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By paNOW Staff

One new case of COVID-19 in the province

Aug 17, 2020 | 2:21 PM

There is one new case of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, bringing the total amount to 1,581.

The new case is in the South West zone.

Of the total cases, 172 are active. There have been 1,387 recoveries.

Eight people remain in hospital with four receiving inpatient care. Two are in the South West, one in Saskatoon, and one in Regina.

There are four people in intensive care, all of which are in Saskatoon.

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Of the total cases, 224 are travellers, 809 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 470 have no known exposures, and 78 are under investigation by local public health.

Across the province, 64 cases are health care workers (although not all may have sourced their infections at work).

There are

• 405 cases from the south area (207 south west, 187 south central, 11 south east)
• 352 cases from the far north area (346 far north west, 0 far north central, 6 far north east)
• 252 cases from the north area (119 north west, 68 north central, 65 north east)
• 247 cases from the Saskatoon area
• 194 cases from the central area (161 central west, 33 central east)
• 131 cases from the Regina area
  The latest COVID-19 cases across the province as of Aug. 17. (submitted photo/SHA)

There are 259 cases involving people 19 years old and younger. The remainder are adults.

There are 505 cases in the 20 to 39 age range, 491 in the 40 to 59 age range, 271 are in the 60 to 79 age range, and 55 in the 80-plus age range.

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

To date, 22 people have died from COVID-19 related complications.

There have been 123,288 tests for COVID-19 performed in the province. Yesterday alone, there were 1,043 tests performed.

Anyone who requests a test in the province will receive one, regardless of whether or not they display symptoms of the virus.

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