81 new COVID-19 cases, 108 recoveries

There are 81 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Nov. 13.  

The new cases are located in the Regina (16), North East (11), North Central (10), South Central (8), North West (7), Far North Central (6), South West (6), Saskatoon (5), Central East (4), South East (4), Far North East (3), and Far North West (1)  zones.

Six of the eight cases in the South Central are located in the South Central 2 sub-zone, which includes Moose Jaw and area.

There are now 4,513 reported cases, including 1,427 active cases.  

Fifty-three people are in hospital. Thirty-eight people are receiving inpatient care — one in the Far North West, one in the North West, five in North Central, five in the North East, 20 in Saskatoon, two in Regina, one in the South West, and three in the South East zone. Fifteen people are in intensive care — one in the North West, three in North Central, eight in Saskatoon, two in Central East, and one in Regina.

One hundred and eight more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 3,057 recoveries.

Of the 4,513 cases in the province:

• 401 cases are travelers;
• 2,071 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
• 1,018 have no known exposures; and
• 1,023 are under investigation by local public health.

On a regional level:

• 1,237 cases are from the Saskatoon area;
• 948 cases are from the north area (309 north west, 456 north central, 183 north east);
• 683 cases are from the Regina area;
• 611 cases are from the south area (253 south west, 256 south central, 102 south east) 564 cases are from the far north area (453 far north west, 23 far north central, 88 far north east); and 
• 459 cases are from the central area (203 central west, 256 central east).

Twenty-nine deaths have been reported to date.

A total of 291,072 COVID-19 tests have been processed Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 1,706 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.