(Canadian Press)

By paNOW Staff

76 patients in hospital

Province records another death, 132 new cases of COVID-19

Nov 18, 2020 | 2:23 PM

The province has announced another Saskatchewan resident has died from COVID-19. The total number of deaths in the province is 32.

There are 132 cases of COVID-19 to report, bringing the total to 5,553 cases.

The new amount brings the provincial total to 5,422 cases. The new cases are located in the Far North West (one), Far North Central (eight), Far North East (six), North West (six), North Central (10), North East (four), Saskatoon (56), Central West (one), Regina (18), South West (two), South Central (four) and South East (eight) zones and eight new cases have pending residence information.

Of the total cases, 2,099 are considered active. There have been 3,422 recoveries.

There are 76 patients in hospital. Fifty-nine people are receiving inpatient care; four in the North West, six in North Central, two in the North East, 30 in Saskatoon, six in Regina, four in the South West, one in South Central and six in the South East zone. Seventeen people are in intensive care: three in North Central, seven in Saskatoon, two in Central East, one in South West and four in Regina.

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Of the total cases, 419 are travellers, 2,419 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 1,138 have no known exposures and 1,577 are under investigation by local public health.

Across the province, 156 cases are healthcare workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to healthcare in all instances. There are 1,165 cases involving people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults. There are 2,026 cases in the 20 to 39 age range; 1,515 are in the 40 to 59 age range; 685 are in the 60 to 79 age range; and 157 are in the 80-plus range. Fifty-one per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males. There have been 32 deaths related to COVID-19 reported to date.

The latest COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan as of Nov. 18. (submitted photo/SHA)

Of all the confirmed cases,

• 1,618 cases are from the Saskatoon area
• 1,167 cases are from the north area (386 north west, 544 north central, 237 north east)
• 808 cases are from the Regina area
• 730 cases are from the south area (279 south west, 299 south central, 152 south east)
• 693 cases are from the far north area (505 far north west, 49 far north central, 139 far north east)
• 496 cases are from the central area (224 central west, 272 central east)
• 41 cases have pending residence information

To date, there have been 305,260 COVID-19 tests performed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, the province performed 1,619 tests.

For more information on COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, visit the province’s dashboard.

There have been seven deaths alone in November, making it the deadliest month for COVID-19 in Saskatchewan. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)

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