Four new cases of COVID-19 were announced in Friday's Covid-19 report from the provincial government.

One of the four cases is in the South Central 1 zone, which is just outside the Moose Jaw zone.

There were also four new recoveries noted.

Three people are in hospital, with one in intensive care in Saskatoon and two others receiving inpatient care in Saskatoon.

36 cases are considered active.

Of the 1,638 cases in the province

:•       250 cases are travellers;

•       831 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);

•       487 have no known exposures; and

•       70 are under investigation by local public health 

Overall in Saskatchewan:

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

•       275 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults. 526 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 501 are in the 40-59 age range; 278 are in the 60-79 age range; and 58 are in the 80-plus range.

•       51 per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males.

•       24 deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.

There are:

*       421 cases from the south area (217 south west, 193 south central, 11 south east)

 *      353 cases from the far north area (347 far north west, 6 far north east)

*       267 cases from the Saskatoon area

*       267 cases from the north area (130 north west, 71 north central, 66 north east)

*       198 cases from the central area (164 central west, 34 central east), and

*       132 cases from the Regina area 

To date, 144,672 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan.  As of Sept. 2, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 103,502 people tested per million population.  The national rate was 150,008 people tested per million population. Yesterday, 1,221 COVID-19 tests were performed in Saskatchewan.

Also, there has been some possible COVID-19 exposure at businesses in Assiniboia

Saskatchewan Health Authority is notifying the public that an individual who tested COVID-19 positive was at the following businesses in Assiniboia when the individual was likely infectious:

·        August 25, 2020– Fresh Start restaurant, 122 3rd Ave W, Assiniboia, SK S0H 0B0 from approximately 1:20 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.

·        August 25, 2020 - Timothy Daniels Clothing Company, 316 Centre St, Assiniboia, SK S0H 0B0 from approximately 2:00 p.m. – 2:50 p.m.

Public health officials are advising individuals who were at these locations on the specified dates during the specified times to immediately self-isolate if they have had or currently have symptoms of COVID-19 and to call HealthLine 811 to arrange for testing. All other individuals who are not experiencing symptoms should self monitor for 14 days. It is important to note that individuals may develop symptoms from two to 14 days following exposure to the virus that causes COVID-19.