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By paNOW Staff

COVID-19

Province reports 98 new cases of COVID-19, 83 patients in hospital

Nov 19, 2020 | 2:47 PM

There are 98 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, bringing the provincial total to 5,651 cases.

Several specimens recently arrived at the Roy Romanow Provincial Lab after weather and logistical issues.

The new cases are located in the Far North West (two), Far North East (three), North West (12), North Central (12), North East (five), Saskatoon (10), Central West (one), Central East (five), Regina (25), South Central (14) and South East (five) zones. Four new cases have pending residence information.

Of the total cases, 2,066 are considered active. There have been 3,553 recoveries.

There are 83 patients in hospital. Sixty-two people are receiving inpatient care; five in the North West, five in North Central, two in the North East, 30 in Saskatoon, six in Regina, two in the South West, one in South Central and eleven in the South East zone. Twenty-one people are in intensive care: four in North Central, nine in Saskatoon, two in Central East, one in South West and five in Regina.

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The latest COVID-19 case numbers in Saskatchewan. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)

Of the total cases, 419 are travellers, 2,490 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 1,176 have no known exposures and 1,566 are under investigation by local public health.

Across the province, 163 cases are healthcare workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to healthcare in all instances. There are 1,189 cases involving people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults. There are 2,059 cases in the 20 to 39 age range; 1,539 are in the 40 to 59 age range; 701 are in the 60 to 79 age range; and 158 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 across Saskatchewan as of Nov. 19. (submitted photo/SHA)

Of all the confirmed cases,

• 1,628 cases are from the Saskatoon area
• 1,208 cases are from the north area (402 north west, 564 north central, 242 north east)
• 836 cases are from the Regina area
• 749 cases are from the south area (279 south west, 313 south central, 157 south east)
• 701 cases are from the far north area (509 far north west, 50 far north central, 142 far north east)
• 503 cases are from the central area (226 central west, 277 central east)
• 26 cases have pending residence information

To date, there have been 307,264 COVID-19 tests performed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, the province performed 2,004 tests.

For more information visit the government of Saskatchewan’s dashboard.

Testing numbers and cases for youth

The Saskatchewan government continues to monitor COVID-19 trends for school-aged children and breaks down a weekly report of cases and testing numbers.

The report for the latest week is available here.

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. 18 there are 225 active cases of COVID-19 in NITHA communities.

These cases are located in the Far North Central, Far North West (54), Far North East (53), North Central (8), and North East (50).

There are 240 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. 18. (Submitted photo/NITHA)

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