Even the new information numbers contained in the daily COVID-19 updates from the Ministry of Health are going up. Sunday’s report had 236 new cases of the novel coronavirus in Saskatchewan and 90 recoveries, leaving 2,683 active cases of COVID-19 in the province…99 of those active cases in hospital, with 19 people in the I-C-U. The seven-day average of daily cases is at 211 Sunday, compared to 203 on Saturday while the number of new cases per 100,000 population jumped up from 16.7 on Saturday to 17.4 Sunday.

All 13 zones in Saskatchewan reported at least one new case in Sunday’s update with two of the 236 new cases requiring residence information. Otherwise, 82 of Sunday’s new cases are from Saskatoon, 52 in Regina, 24 in the North Central zone, 17 in the North West and 13 in the South West zones while the remaining 48 cases are spread among the other nine zones. In addition, three cases with pending residence information from November 14th and 20th have been assigned to Regina, the Far North West and North Central zones. Of the 19 infections being treated in I-C-U, 10 are in Saskatoon, four in Regina, two each in the North Central and South West zones and one in the Central East zone. Overall, since the pandemic was declared in mid-March, there have been 6,473 reported cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan with 33 deaths and 3,757 individuals having recovered.

Of the 6,473 cases in the province:

• 437 cases are travelers;
• 2,800 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
• 1,315 have no known exposures; and
• 1,921 are under investigation by local public health.

Overall in Saskatchewan to date:

• 185 cases are healthcare workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to healthcare in all instances.
• 1,382 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
• 2,320 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 1,729 are in the 40-59 age range; 824 are in the 60-79 age range; and 213 are in the 80-plus range. Confirmation of age is pending for five cases.
• 51 per cent of the cases are females and 49 per cent are males.
• 33 deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.

Of 6,473 confirmed cases:

• 1,923 cases are from the Saskatoon area
• 1,397 cases are from the north area (486 north west, 648 north central, 263 north east)
• 959 cases are from the Regina area
• 866 cases are from the south area (320 south west, 344 south central, 202 south east)
• 759 cases are from the far north area (531 far north west, 67 far north central, 161 far north east)
• 541 cases are from the central area (245 central west, 296 central east)
• 28 cases have pending residence information

To date, 318,025 COVID-19 tests have been processed Saskatchewan. As of November 20, 2020 when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 206,493 people tested per million population. The national rate was 287,925 people tested per million population.

On Saturday, 3,355 COVID-19 tests were processed in Saskatchewan.