(The Canadian Press)

By paNOW Staff

Province reporting 139 new cases of COVID-19, four deaths today

Aug 24, 2021 | 2:32 PM

The province reported another 139 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 today, bringing the total to 52,800 reported cases; 1,625 cases considered active and 50,583 cases are considered recovered.

The new cases in Northern Saskatchewan are located in the Far North West (18), Far North Central (two), Far North East (eight), North West (13), North Central (16), North East (two).

Another 139 new cases of COVID-19 and 1,291 new cases in the past week now brings the active case total in the province to 1,625. (Government of Saskatchewan)

Almost one half (46.8 per cent) of new cases are in the 20 to 39 years age category.

Just over one in ten (11.5 per cent) of new cases were fully vaccinated.

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An instrument error has been identified at the Roy Romanow Provincial Laboratory resulting in up to 255 invalid COVID-19 test results from Aug. 18 to 22.

Fifty-four residents at long-term care homes in Regina previously testing positive have been re-tested and confirmed to be negative for COVID-19. Further investigation is underway to determine if some of the current long-term care outbreaks can be declared over and family presence be resumed at these facilities.

Affected individuals will be contacted to confirm their test results.

From Aug. 18 to 24, 14,012 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 1,462,380.

As of Aug. 24, 76 per cent of those 12+ have received their first dose and 67 per cent of those 12+ are fully vaccinated.

There were 1,291 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan from Aug. 18 to 24, bringing the provincial total to 52,800 cases. Six hundred and eighty-seven recoveries were recorded during the same period.

Six new deaths were reported Aug. 18 to 24.

NITHA Saskatchewan

There are no new numbers from the Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority as normally reported on their Facebook page.

Athabasca Health Authority

Three new cases of COVID-19 were reported by the Athabasca Health Authority on Aug. 23, including two in the long-term care facility in Stony Rapids.

This brings the total for the authority to 91 since an outbreak was first reported on June 23 and 14 are currently active due to three new recoveries.

To view the daily highlights, current charts and statistics from the Saskatchewan government in their entirety, click here.

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