Three residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. This includes one resident from Saskatoon in the 70-79 age group, and two in the 80-plus age group from the North West. That brings the total number of deaths in the province to 40.
There are 299 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Nov. 26.
The new cases are located in the Saskatoon (125), Regina (44), North Central (34), North West (17), Far North East (16), South Central (12), Far North West (11), South East (8), South West (7), Central East (6), Far North Central (4), Central West (4), and North East (3) zones.
Five of the 12 new cases in the South Central are located in the South Central 2 sub-zone, which includes Moose Jaw and area.
Eight new cases have pending residence information.
Of the cases announced today, 72 are from the Saskatoon Correctional Centre, including 68 offenders and four staff. To date, there are a total of 85 active cases at Saskatoon Correctional Centre. The Saskatchewan Health Authority says all new admissions to provincial correctional centres will be tested for COVID-19 starting early next week. New admissions will continue to be quarantined for 14 days.
A mandatory mask policy is in place for offenders across all provincial correctional facilities. Employees at correctional centres have been wearing masks since the summer. As of today, there will be no new admissions to Saskatoon Correctional Centre. Remanded and sentenced offenders are being redirected to Regina and Prince Albert Correctional Centres.
Ten previously reported cases with pending residence information have been assigned to the following zones: North Central (4), Regina (3), and North West (3).
Eighteen Saskatchewan residents tested out-of-province were added to the total counts in the following zones: North West (10), Saskatoon (4), Far North West (2), North Central (1), and Regina (1).
One case with pending residence information and one case assigned to Saskatoon were deemed to be out-of-province residents and removed from the total counts.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 243 (20.1 new cases per 100,000 population).
There are now 7,362 reported cases, including 3,146 active cases.
One-hundred and eight people are in hospital. Ninety people are receiving inpatient care — 34 in Saskatoon, 19 in the South East, 16 in Regina, eight in the North West, eight in North Central, two in Central East, one in South West, one in the Far North West, and one in the North East zone. Eighteen people are in intensive care — 10 in Saskatoon, four in Regina, two in South West, one in North West, and one in the North Central.
One hundred and seventy-eight more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 4,176 recoveries.
Of the 7,362 cases in the province:
- 463 cases are travelers;
- 3,299 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 1,496 have no known exposures; and
- 2,104 are under investigation by local public health.
On a regional level:
- 2,170 cases are from the Saskatoon area;
- 1,550 cases are from the north area (542 north west, 729 north central, 279 north east);
- 1,212 cases are from the Regina area;
- 978 cases are from the south area (356 south west, 383 south central, 239 south east);
- 848 cases are from the far north area (567 far north west, 79 far north central, 202 far north east); and
- 576 cases are from the central area (262 central west, 314 central east).
A total of 330,364 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 3,493 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.
