Four residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died.
This includes one person in their 60s from the Far North East zone, one over the age of 80 from the North West zone, one in their 60s from the North Central zone, and one in their 70s from the Saskatoon zone. This brings the total number of deaths in the province to 37.
There are 235 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Nov. 23.
The new cases are located in the Regina (66), Saskatoon (54), North Central (24), South West (17), South Central (16), South East (16), Far North West (11), North West (10), Central East (7), North East (4), Central West (4), and Far North East (3) zones.
Fourteen of the new cases in the South Central are located in the South Central 2 sub-zone, which includes Moose Jaw and area.
Three new cases have pending residence information.
The seven-day average of daily cases is 219 (18.0 new cases per 100,000 population).
There are now 6,708 reported cases, including 2,864 active cases.
One-hundred and six people are in hospital. Eighty-seven people are receiving inpatient care — 36 in Saskatoon, 20 in the South East, 11 in Regina, 10 in North Central, seven in the North West, one in North East, one in Central East, and one in the South West zone. Nineteen people are in intensive care — nine in Saskatoon, four in Regina, two in South West, two in North Central, one in North West, one in the Central East.
Fifty more people have recovered, increasing the provincial to 3,807 recoveries.
Of the 6,807 cases in the province:
- 439 cases are travelers;
- 2,868 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 1,333 have no known exposures; and
- 2,068 are under investigation by local public health.
On a regional level:
- 1,977 cases are from the Saskatoon area;
- 1,435 cases are from the north area (496 north west, 672 north central, 267 north east);
- 1,025 cases are from the Regina area;
- 915 cases are from the south area (337 south west, 360 south central, 267 south east);
- 773 cases are from the far north area (542 far north west, 67 far north central, 164 far north east); and
- 552 cases are from the central area (249 central west, 303 central east).
A total of 320,886 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 2,861 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.
