(The Canadian Press)

By paNOW Staff

Latest COVID Update

Three more deaths linked to COVID-19, province records 299 new cases

Nov 26, 2020 | 2:43 PM

Three more people have died from complications related to COVID-19, marking 40 deaths related to the virus to date.

Of the deceased, one was a person in their 70s in Saskatoon and two others were in their 80s and resided in the North West.

The province is reporting 299 new cases today with many coming from a new outbreak at the Saskatoon Correctional Centre.

The total amount of cases in the province to date is 7,362.

The new cases are located in the Far North West (11), Far North Central (four), Far North East (16), North West (17), North Central (34), North East (three), Saskatoon (125), Central West (four), Central East (six), Regina (44), South West (seven), South Central (12) and South East (eight) zones and eight new cases have pending residence information.

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Seventy-two of today’s cases are from the Saskatoon Correctional Centre. Of that amount, 68 are offenders and four are staff members. To date there are 85 active cases among offenders and staff at the centre.

There will be ongoing testing of offenders and staff as correctional officials work with public health to reduce the spread.

New admissions will continue to be quarantined for 14 days.

Corrections is mandating masking for offenders across all provincial facilities. Employees have been wearing masks since the summer.

Starting today there will be no new admissions to the Saskatoon Correctional Centre. Remanded and sentenced offenders will instead be admitted to the Regina and Prince Albert Correctional Centres.

Ten cases with pending residence information have been assigned to the following zones: Regina (three), North West (three), and North Central (four).

Eighteen Saskatchewan residents tested out-of-province were added to the total counts in the following zones: North West (10), Far North West (two), North Central (one), Regina (one), Saskatoon (four).

One case with pending residence information and one case assigned to Saskatoon were deemed to be out-of-province residents and removed from the total counts.

The seven-day average of daily new cases is 243 (20.1 new cases per 100,000 population).

Of the total reported cases, 3,146 are considered active.

A total of 4,176 people have recovered. For more information on a specific region visit the Government of Saskatchewan’s dashboard.

The latest COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan as of Nov. 26. (submitted photo/SHA)

One-hundred and eight people are in hospital. Ninety people are receiving inpatient care; one in the Far North West, eight in the North West, eight in North Central, one in North East, 34 in Saskatoon, two in Central East, 16 in Regina, one in South West, and 19 in the South East zone. Eighteen people are in intensive care: one in North West, one in North Central, 10 in Saskatoon, two in South West and four in Regina.

A graph depicting the hospitalizations in Saskatchewan amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)

Of the total cases, 463 are travellers, 3,299 are community contacts (including mass gatherings), 1,496 have no known exposures and 2,104 are under investigation by local public health.

In the province, 225 cases are healthcare workers, but the source of infections may not be related to healthcare in all instances.

There are 1,552 cases involving people 19 years old and under. The remainder are adults.

There are 2,603 cases in the 20 to 39 age range, 1,962 in the 40 to 59 age range, 980 in the 60 to 79 age range, and 260 are in the 80-plus age range.

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

Of the total cases:

• 2,170 cases are from the Saskatoon area
• 1,550 cases are from the north area (542 north west, 729 north central, 279 north east)
• 1,212 cases are from the Regina area
• 978 cases are from the south area (356 south west, 383 south central, 239 south east)
• 848 cases are from the far north area (567 far north west, 79 far north central, 202 far north east)
• 576 cases are from the central area (262 central west, 314 central east)
• 28 cases have pending residence information
  COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan. (Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff)

So far, there have been 330,364 COVID-19 tests performed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday 3,493 tests were performed in Saskatchewan.

The province is monitoring trends of COVID-19 cases in school-aged children. You can view the latest report 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. 25 there are 283 active cases of COVID-19 in NITHA communities.

These cases are located in the Far North Central, Athabasca (48), Far North West (75), Far North East (94), North Central (17), and North East (49).

There are 313 cases recovered, and nine 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 total amount of COVID-19 cases and their locations in Saskatchewan as of Nov. 25. (submitted photo/SHA)

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