Two residents from the North Central zone who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. One individual was in their 20s and one was in the 80-plus age group. This brings the total number of deaths in the province to 31.
There are 181 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Nov. 15.
The new cases are located in the Saskatoon (64), Regina (28), South East (18), North West (16), South Central (10), Far North West (9), North Central (9), Far North East (7), North East (6), Central West (2), Central East (1), and South West (1) zones.
Eight of the 10 new cases in the South Central are located in the South Central 2 sub-zone, which includes Moose Jaw and area.
Ten new cases have pending residence information. Six prior cases with pending residence information were assigned to the North Central (3) and North West (3) zones.
There are now 5,001 reported cases, including 1,807 active cases.
Sixty-two people are in hospital. Forty-six people are receiving inpatient care — one in the Far North West, one in the Far North East, three in the North West, four in North Central, three in the North East, 25 in Saskatoon, two in Regina, two in the South West, one in South Central, and four in the South East zone. Sixteen people are in intensive care — one in the North West, three in North Central, seven in Saskatoon, two in Central East, and three in Regina.
Sixty-three more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 3,163 recoveries.
Of the 5,001 cases in the province:
- 409 cases are travelers;
- 2,225 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 1,063 have no known exposures; and
- 1,304 are under investigation by local public health.
On a regional level:
- 1,424 cases are from the Saskatoon area;
- 1,068 cases are from the north area (351 north west, 498 north central, 219 north east);
- 731 cases are from the Regina area;
- 648 cases are from the south area (256 south west, 269 south central, 123 south east);
- 630 cases are from the far north area (488 far north west, 31 far north central, 111 far north east); and
- 476 cases are from the central area (212 central west, 264 central east).
A total of 297,704 COVID-19 tests have been processed Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 2,967 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.
