The province encourages Saskatchewan residents to download and use Health Canada's COVID Alert App. (Canadian Press)

By paNOW Staff

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Province records 175 new COVID-19 cases, 105 people in hospital

Nov 24, 2020 | 2:04 PM

There are 175 new cases of COVID-19 to report, bringing the provincial total to 6,883.

The seven-day average of daily cases is 209 (17.3 new cases per 100,000 population).

The new cases are located in the Far North West (five), Far North Central (five), Far North East (13), North West (14), North Central (five), North East (four), Saskatoon (28), Central West (nine), Central East (two), Regina (70), South West (three), South Central (nine) and South East (four) zones and four new cases have pending residence information.

Five cases with pending residence information were assigned to the Far North East (one), North Central (three), and North West (one).

Of the total cases, 2,927 are considered active. There have been 3,919 recoveries.

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There are 105 people in hospital. Eighty-five people are receiving inpatient care; seven in the North West, 10 in North Central, one in North East, 32 in Saskatoon, two in Central East, 11 in Regina, two in South West, and 20 in the South East zone. Twenty people are in intensive care: two in North West, one in North Central, 10 in Saskatoon, two in South West and five in Regina.

Of the total cases, 452 are travellers, 3,027 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 1,427 have no known exposures and 1,977 are under investigation by local public health.

In the province, 207 cases are healthcare workers, but the source of infections may not be related to healthcare in all instances.

There are 1,458 cases involving people 19 years old and under. The remainder are adults.

There are 2,441 cases in the 20 to 39 age range, 1,835 in the 40 to 59 age range, 901 in the 60 to 79 age range, and 243 are in the 80-plus age range.

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

There are 37 deaths related to COVID-19 that have been reported to date.

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

The latest data on COVID-19 in Saskatchewan as of Nov. 24. (Submitted photo/SHA)

Of the total cases:

• 2,005 cases are from the Saskatoon area
• 1,462 cases are from the north area (511 north west, 680 north central, 271 north east)
• 1,095 cases are from the Regina area
• 931 cases are from the south area (340 south west, 369 south central, 222 south east)
• 797 cases are from the far north area (547 far north west, 72 far north central, 178 far north east)
• 563 cases are from the central area (258 central west, 305 central east)
• 30 cases have pending residence information

So far, there have been 324,060 COVID-19 tests performed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday 3,174 tests were performed in Saskatchewan.

The province is encouraging Saskatchewan residents to download Health Canada’s free COVID Alert App.

The app on your phone will provide digital alerts to let people know if they may have been exposed to the virus. It does not collect personal health information or track a user’s location. It is available as a free download from the App Store or the Google Play Store.

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