In the September 1 COVID-19 update from The Saskatchewan Health Authority they are reporting three new cases of the virus in the province.

Of those three new cases one is located in the North Central zone, and one is in the Saskatoon zone. The location of the third case is pending.

That brings the provincial number of cases to 1,622, of which 31 are considered active.

There are currently 4 active cases in the South West zone.

There have been 6 more recoveries today, bringing that provincial total to 1,567.

There are three people in hospital. One person is receiving inpatient care in Saskatoon, and two people are in intensive care in Saskatoon,

There have been 24 deaths in the province related to COVID-19.

To date, 140,906 COVID-19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan.

Yesterday there were 653 COVID-19 tests done.