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By paNOW Staff

COVID-19 provincial report

Record 439 new COVID-19 cases reported in Saskatchewan

Nov 21, 2020 | 2:17 PM

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) reported 439 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, a new one-day record. There are also new records for active cases with 2,537 and people in hospital due to COVID-19 with 93.

In a statement, the SHA said weather-related factors and logistical delays in lab specimens reaching the Roy Romanow Provincial Laboratory has led to the fluctuation in daily case numbers. There were also 4,580 tests processed on Friday, another record.

The North Central has 43 of the new cases, while the North West accounts for 56, and the North East with 11. The Far North West has nine new cases and the Far North East has 13. Saskatoon has 170 new cases, Regina has 56, South East 19, South Central 18, South West 14, Central East 13 and the Central West eight. Nine cases have pending residence information.

A detailed breakdown of cases in specific zones can be seen here.

Of the 6,237 reported cases, 2,537 are considered active. A total of 3,667 people have recovered.

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Ninety-three people are in hospital. Seventy-two people are receiving inpatient care; eight in the North West, seven in North Central, one in the North East, 32 in Saskatoon, one in Central East, five in Regina, one in South Central and 17 in the South East zone. Twenty-one people are in intensive care: three in North Central, eleven in Saskatoon, one in Central East, one in South West and five in Regina.

Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff

Of the 6,237 cases in the province:

• 434 cases are travelers;
• 2,731 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
• 1,283 have no known exposures; and
• 1,789 are under investigation by local public health.

Overall in Saskatchewan to date:

• 183 cases are healthcare workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to healthcare in all instances.
• 1,333 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
• 2,234 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 1,671 are in the 40-59 age range; 790 are in the 60-79 age range; and 204 are in the 80-plus range. Confirmation of age is pending for five cases.

Fifty-one per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males.

There are 33 deaths related to COVID-19 reported to date.

For more information on a specific region visit the government of Saskatchewan dashboard.

Submitted photo/Saskatchewan Health Authority.

Of 6,237 confirmed cases:

• 1,841 cases are from the Saskatoon area
• 1,346 cases are from the north area (469 north west, 623 north central, 254 north east)
• 906 cases are from the Regina area
• 838 cases are from the south area (307 south west, 335 south central, 196 south east)
• 747 cases are from the far north area (522 far north west, 66 far north central, 159 far north east)
• 530 cases are from the central area (236 central west, 294 central east)
• 29 cases have pending residence information

To date, 314,670 COVID-19 tests have been processed Saskatchewan. As of November 19, 2020 when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 204,116 people tested per million population. The national rate was 285,899 people tested per million population.

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