There are 175 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Nov. 24.
The new cases are located in the Regina (70), Saskatoon (28), North West (14), Far North East (13), Central West (9), South Central (9), Far North West (5), Far North Central (5), North Central (5), North East (4), and South East (4), South West (3) and Central East (2) zones.
Seven of the new cases in the South Central are located in the South Central 2 sub-zone, which includes Moose Jaw and area.
Four new cases have pending residence information.
Five previous cases with pending residence information were assigned to the North Central (3), Far North East (1), and North West (1).
The seven-day average of daily cases is 209 (17.3 new cases per 100,000 population).
There are now 6,883 reported cases, including 2,927 active cases.
One-hundred and five people are in hospital. Eighty-five people are receiving inpatient care — 32 in Saskatoon, 20 in the South East, 11 in Regina, 10 in North Central, seven in the North West, two in Central East, two in South West, and one in the North East zone. Twenty people are in intensive care — 10 in Saskatoon, five in Regina, two in North West, two in South West, and one in North Central.
One hundred and twelve more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 3,919 recoveries.
Of the 6,883 cases in the province:
- 452 cases are travelers;
- 3,027 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 1,427 have no known exposures; and
- 1,977 are under investigation by local public health.
On a regional level:
- 2,005 cases are from the Saskatoon area;
- 1,462 cases are from the north area (511 north west, 680 north central, 271 north east);
- 1,095 cases are from the Regina area;
- 931 cases are from the south area (340 south west, 369 south central, 222 south east);
- 797 cases are from the far north area (547 far north west, 72 far north central, 178 far north east); and
- 563 cases are from the central area (258 central west, 305 central east).
Thirty-seven deaths have been reported to date.
A total of 324,060 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 3,174 COVID-19 tests were processed.
For more information, visit www.saskatchewan.ca/COVID19. You can find the maps and the breakdown of cases by region on the government's website.
