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

By paNOW Staff

Province records one new death, no new COVID-19 cases

Aug 25, 2020 | 2:05 PM

There is one new death related to COVID-19 recorded in the province.

The person was in their 70s and resided in the Central West zone.

There are no new cases to report in the province and there are eight more recoveries.

The provincial total, with one case removed for an out-of-province resident is now at 1,601.

Of the total cases, 88 are considered active, 57 of which are in communal living settings. There have been a total of 1,490 recoveries.

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Four people are in hospital with one receiving inpatient care in Saskatoon. Three people are in intensive care in Saskatoon.

Of the 1,601 cases in Saskatchewan, 233 are travellers, 818 are community contacts, 484 have no known exposures and 66 remain under investigation by public health.

Across the province, 65 are health care workers although not all may have sourced their infections from work.

There are 262 cases involving people aged 19 and under. There are 515 cases in the 20 to 39 age range, 492 in the 40 to 59 age range, 276 in the 60 to 79 age range, and 56 in the 80-plus age range.

Of the total cases, 51 per cent are females and 49 per cent are males.

In Saskatchewan there are:

• 413 cases are from the south area (213 south west, 189 south central, 11 south east)
• 352 cases are from the far north area (346 far north west, 0 far north central, 6 far north east)
• 259 cases are from the north area (125 north west, 68 north central, 66 north east)
• 251 cases are from the Saskatoon area
• 194 cases are from the central area (161 central west, 33 central east)
• 132 cases are from the Regina area
  The latest cases in Saskatchewan as of Aug. 25. (submitted photo/SHA)

To date, the province has performed 132,332 COVID-19 tests with 388 performed yesterday. Testing is available to anyone who requests it regardless of whether they have symptoms.

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