As predicted, technical difficulties at the Roy Romanow Provincial Laboratory on Tuesday have impacted the daily COVID numbers. The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) said yesterday that delayed reporting would affect today's numbers.
As a result, there are 129 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Nov. 5.
The new cases are located in the Saskatoon (55), North Central (30), Regina (13), North West (10), Far North West (6), Central East (4), South Central (2), Far North East (1), Central West (1), South West (1), and South East (1) zones.
Location information is pending for five new cases.
One of the new cases in the South Central is in the South Central 2 sub-zone, which includes Moose Jaw and area.
The techinical difficluties on Tuesday resulted in fewer cases reported yesterday. Following the validation of these samples, nine positive results were identified. The SHA says that, due to the timing of the reporting of laboratory results, these nine cases will be counted in Nov. 6 case numbers.
One case with pending residence location from Nov. 3 was determined to be an out-of-province resident and has been removed from the Saskatchewan count.
There are now 3,536 reported cases, including 877 active cases.
Thirty-two people are in hospital. Twenty-seven people are receiving inpatient care — one in the Far North West zone, three in North West, eight in North Central, 10 in Saskatoon, and five in Regina. Five people are in intensive care — one in North Central, three in Saskatoon, and one in Regina.
Fifty more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 2,634 recoveries.
Of the 3,536 cases in the province:
- 380 cases are travelers;
- 1,690 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 847 have no known exposures; and
- 619 are under investigation by local public health.
On a regional level:
- 942 cases from the Saskatoon area;
- 755 cases from the north area (232 north west, 380 north central, 143 north east);
- 508 cases from the south area (231 south west, 217 south central, 60 south east);
- 466 cases from the Regina area;
- 456 cases from the far north area (400 far north west, 0 far north central, 56 far north east); and
- 402 cases from the central area (198 central west, 204 central east).
Twenty-five deaths have been reported to date.
A total of 273,520 COVID-19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 2,322 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.
