One resident in the 80-plus age group who tested positive for COVID-19 has died. The person was from the North West zone. The brings the number of deaths in the province to 45.
There are 197 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Nov. 28.
The new cases are located in the Regina (73), Saskatoon (56), North Central (17), South West (16), Far North West (6), North West (5), North East (5), Central East (5), South Central (5), Far North East (4), South East (2), and Central West (1) zones.
Three of the new cases in the South Central are located in the South Central 2 sub-zone, which includes Moose Jaw and area.
Two new cases have pending residence information
Five previously reported cases with pending residence information have been assigned to the North Central (4) and North West (1) zones.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 234 (19.3 new cases per 100,000 population).
There are now 7,888 reported cases, including 3,322 active cases.
One-hundred and six people are in hospital. Eighty-eight people are receiving inpatient care; 30 in Saskatoon, 19 in South East, 18 in Regina, nine in the North West, seven in North Central, one in the Far North West, one in South West, one in Central East, one in North East, and one in the South Central. Eighteen people are in intensive care: 11 in Saskatoon, five in Regina, one in North Central, and one in the South West.
One hundred and thirty-seven more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 4,521 recoveries.
Of the 7,888 cases in the province:
- 466 cases are travelers;
- 3,502 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 1,713 have no known exposures; and
- 2,207 are under investigation by local public health.
- 45 deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.
On a regional level:
- 2,384 cases are from the Saskatoon area;
- 1,631 cases are from the north area (571 north west, 775 north central, 285 north east);
- 1,346 cases are from the Regina area;
- 1,032 cases are from the south area (388 south west, 389 south central, 255 south east);
- 870 cases are from the far north area (581 far north west, 79 far north central, 210 far north east);
- 599 cases are from the central area (269 central west, 330 central east); and
- 26 cases have pending residence information.
A total of 337,410 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 3,359 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.
