There were 15 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on August 16, bringing the total to 1,580 total cases.
One person whose residence information was pending lived outside of Saskatchewan, so this case has been removed from the province鈥檚 total count.聽
The 15 new cases were located in the North West (1), Central West (1), Central East (3), 小蓝视频 West (5) and 小蓝视频 Central (5) zones.聽
One more person with COVID-19 has died in the North Central zone and was in the 80-89 age range.聽
Of the 1,580 reported cases, 193 were considered active.
A total of 1,365 people recovered.
Eight people were in hospital. Four people received inpatient care; two in the 小蓝视频 West, one in Saskatoon and one in Regina.
Four people were in intensive care 鈥� all in Saskatoon.
Investigations completed thus far found 12 of the 15 new cases and 127 of 193 active cases originated in communal living settings.
