74 new COVID-19 cases, 14 recoveries

There are 74 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Nov. 2.  

The new cases are located in the North Central (22), Saskatoon (18), Regina (14), North West (5), Far North West (1), North East (1), Central West (1), and Central East (1) zones.

The location of 11 of the new cases is pending. One case reported on Oct. 21 has been assigned to the North West zone.

There are now 3,292 reported cases, including 858 active cases.

Thirty-four people are in hospital. Twenty-seven people are receiving inpatient care — two in the North West, seven in the North Central, one in the North East, 11 in the Saskatoon, and six in the Regina zone.  Seven people are in intensive care — two in the North Central, four in Saskatoon, and one in Regina.

Fourteen more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 2,409 recoveries.

Of the 3,292 cases in the province:

• 371 cases are travelers;
• 1,581 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
• 801 have no known exposures; and
• 539 are under investigation by local public health.

On a regional level:

• 845 cases from the Saskatoon area;
• 671 cases from the north area (204 north west, 328 north central, 139 north east);
• 504 cases from the south area (230 south west, 215 south central, 59 south east);
• 446 cases from the far north area (392 far north west, 0 far north central, 54 far north east);
• 428 cases from the Regina area; and
• 385 cases from the central area (197 central west, 188 central east).

Twenty-five deaths have been reported to date.

A total of 268,166 COVID-19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 2,363 COVID-19 tests were performed.

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.