The province is recording its highest one-day total of new COVID-19 cases since mid-January.
On Saturday, the government recorded 369 new cases of the virus pushing the active count total to just under 2,000 as it stands at 1,987. 22 of the new cases were in Regina. The most were recorded in Saskatoon as they had 122.
One more person who tested positive for COVID-19 has died, bringing the provincial total to 597. That person was someone from the Regina zone in the 40-59 demographic.
110 people are in hospital, including 25 people in ICU.
COVID-19 new cases and vaccination status, August 27, 2021
| Age Group | Unvaccinated | Vaccinated, with One dose, and or two doses <14 days | Vaccinated, Second dose >=14 days | Total new cases |
| 0-19 | 76 | 1 | 1 | 78 |
| 20-29 | 48 | 8 | 2 | 58 |
| 30-39 | 38 | 3 | 4 | 45 |
| 40-49 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 28 |
| 50-59 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 19 |
| 60-69 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 70-79 | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| 80+ | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Total | 208 | 18 | 32 | 258 |
On the vaccine front, there were 2,671 delivered including 1,049 first doses
