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COVID-19

Province reports 240 new COVID-19 cases, 113 recoveries, 71 in hospital

Nov 17, 2020 | 1:56 PM

After announcing further restrictive measures to combat COVID-19, the province is reporting 240 new cases.

The new amount brings the provincial total to 5,422 cases. The new cases are located in the Far North West (five), Far North Central (five), Far North East (six), North West (16), North Central (12), North East (two), Saskatoon (97), Central West (11), Central East (three), Regina (27), South West (four), South Central (23) and South East (16) zones and 13 new cases have pending residence information.

Of the total cases, 2,055 are considered active. There have been 3,336 recoveries.

There are 71 patients in hospital. Fifty-six people are receiving inpatient care; one in the Far North West, three in the North West, six in North Central, two in the North East, 30 in Saskatoon, three in Regina, four in the South West, one in South Central and six in the South East zone. Fifteen people are in intensive care: two in North Central, seven in Saskatoon, two in Central East and four in Regina.

Of the total cases, 417 are travellers, 2,351 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 1,105 have no known exposures and 1,549 are under investigation by local public health.

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Across the province, 152 cases are healthcare workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to healthcare in all instances. There are 1,139 cases involving people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults. There are 1,987 cases in the 20 to 39 age range; 1,480 are in the 40 to 59 age range; 660 are in the 60 to 79 age range; and 151 are in the 80-plus range. Fifty-one per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males. There have been 31 deaths related to COVID-19 reported to date.

The latest COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan as of Nov. 17. (submitted photo/SHA)

Of all the confirmed cases,

• 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)
• 495 cases are from the central area (223 central west, 272 central east)
• 34 cases have pending residence information

To date, there have been 303,641 COVID-19 tests performed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, the province performed 2,803 tests.

For more specific information related to a region visit the Government of Saskatchewan’s dashboard.

NITHA communities

The Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority released their daily COVID-19 update that are specific to their communities.

According to their Facebook page, as of Nov. 16 there are 196 active cases of COVID-19 in their communities.

These cases are located in the Far North Central, Athabasca (41), Far North West (47), Far North East (52), North Central (12), and North East (44).

There are 229 cases recovered, and five people are currently in hospital.

NITHA is comprised of the Prince Albert Grand Council, Meadow Lake Tribal Council, Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation, and Lac La Ronge Indian Band.

The latest numbers specific to NITHA communities as of Nov. 16. (Submitted photo/NITHA)

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