There are 308 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Nov.14.
The new cases are located in the Saskatoon (123), North Central (30), North East (30), Far North West (26), North West (23), Regina (20), Far North East (16), Far North Central (8), Central West (7), Central East (7), South Central (3) South East (3), and South West (2) zones.
One of the new cases in the South Central is located in the South Central 2 sub-zone, which includes Moose Jaw and area.
Ten new cases have pending residence information.
There are now 4,820 reported cases, including 1,691 active cases.
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) says that today’s high number of reported cases is due in part to the snowstorm early in the week, which resulted in fewer people going for testing, and some delays in getting samples from remote locations to the provincial labs.
According to a news relase, SHA laboratories process large batches of COVID-19 tests. These large batches may be reported throughout the day, immediately before, or after the cut off time that is used when issuing public reporting numbers. When multiple large batches are reported immediately after the public reporting cut off time, it makes the day to day testing volumes and case numbers appear variable.
“Today’s record high case numbers are a reminder that the spread of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan is higher now than it has even been throughout Saskatchewan including urban, rural, Northern and First Nations areas and that we all need to redouble our efforts to protect ourselves and others,” said Saskatchewan’s Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab.
“Wear a mask, limit your number of personal contacts, limit your number of visitors from outside your household, don’t leave home if you are feeling sick, and make sure you’re always physically distancing and washing your hands often. We all need to do our part to limit the spread.”
Fifty-seven people are in hospital. Forty-one people are receiving inpatient care — one in the Far North West, one in the Far North East, four in the North West, four in North Central, four in the North East, 22 in Saskatoon, one in Regina, one in the South West, and three in South East zone. Sixteen people are in intensive care — one in the North West, three in North Central, eight in Saskatoon, two in Central East, and two in Regina.
Forty-three more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 3,100 recoveries.
Of the 4,820 cases in the province:
- 405 cases are travelers;
- 2,152 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 1,043 have no known exposures; and
- 1,220 are under investigation by local public health.
On a regional level:
- 1,360 cases are from the Saskatoon area;
- 1,031 cases are from the north area (332 north west, 486 north central, 213 north east);
- 703 cases are from the Regina area;
- 619 cases are from the south area (255 south west, 259 south central, 105 south east);
- 614 cases are from the far north area (479 far north west, 31 far north central, 104 far north east); and
- 473 cases are from the central area (210 central west, 263 central east).
Twenty-nine deaths have been reported to date.
A total of 294,737 COVID-19 tests have been processed Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 3,665 COVID-19 tests were processed. That is the highest test count in a 24-hour reporting period to date.
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.
