There are 240 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Nov. 17, 2020.
The new cases are located in the Saskatoon (97), Regina (27), South Central (23), North West (16), South East (16), North Central (12), Central West (11), Far North East (6), Far North West (5), Far North Central (5), South West (4), Central East (3), and North East (2) zones.
Nineteen of the 23 new cases in the South Central are located in the South Central 2 sub-zone, which includes Moose Jaw and area.
Thirteen new cases have pending residence information.
Four previously reported cases with pending residence information were assigned to North Central (3) and South Central (1) zones.
There are now 5,422 reported cases, including 2,055 active cases.
Seventy-one people are in hospital. Fifty-six people are receiving inpatient care; 30 in Saskatoon, six in North Central, six in the South East zone, four in the South West, three in the North West, three in Regina, two in the North East, one in the Far North West, and one in South Central. Fifteen people are in intensive care — seven in Saskatoon, four in Regina, two in North Central, and two in Central East.
One hundred and thirteen more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 3,336 recoveries.
Of the 5,422 cases in the province:
- 417 cases are travelers;
- 2,351 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 1,105 have no known exposures; and
- 1,549 are under investigation by local public health.
On a regional level:
- 1,562 cases are from the Saskatoon area;
- 1,147 cases are from the north area (380 north west, 534 north central, 233 north east);
- 790 cases are from the Regina area;
- 716 cases are from the south area (277 south west, 295 south central, 144 south east);
- 678 cases are from the far north area (504 far north west, 41 far north central, 133 far north east); and
- 495 cases are from the central area (223 central west, 272 central east).
Thirty-one deaths have been reported to date.
A total of 303,641 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 2,803 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.
