There are two new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on August 28, bringing the total to 1,611 reported cases. The new cases are in the Far North West (1) and Saskatoon (1) zones.
Of the 1,611 reported cases, 44 are considered active. A total of 1,543 people have recovered.
Three people are in hospital. One person is receiving inpatient care in Saskatoon and two people are in intensive care in Saskatoon.
Investigations completed thus far have found that 20 of the 44 active cases are in communal living settings.
To date, 136,333 COVID‐19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. As of August 26, 2020, when other provincial and national numbers were available from the Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 97,632 people tested per million population. The national rate was 140,838 people tested per million population.
Assess your current virtual household and regular contacts. Do you have high-risk people within that circle? Do you have school-age children or educational staff in that circle who will be monitoring their health more closely once school starts?
Public health will require you identify all your known contacts if you receive a positive test, as part of their contact investigations. Consider reducing any expanded, virtual households to help keep the number of contacts to a number you can reliably report.
COVID-19 transmission within our community may increase as we move in the fall to indoor spaces and as schools restart. Wash your hands frequently, maintain physical distancing and abide by the masking policies of that business or institution, but above all stay home if you are sick.
Please note that restrictions on gatherings remain in place: indoor gatherings of up to 30 are permitted where space allows for two metres of physical distancing between participants. Outdoor gatherings of up to 30 people are permitted with appropriate physical distancing.