All the pertinent numbers were down Tuesday from Monday, with the exception of processed COVID-19 tests and individuals recovering in Saskatchewan. Plus, there were no deaths reported in the province because of the novel coronavirus in Tuesday’s update from the Ministry of Health.

Out of 3,174 processed tests, there were 175 new cases of COVID-19 along with 112 recoveries. Monday’s update had 2,861 processed tests for the virus. The seven-day average of new cases dropped marginally to 209, meaning 17.3 new cases per 100,000 population. Of the 175 new cases, 70 come from the Regina zone with 28 from Saskatoon and area while the other 11 zones had 73 new cases spread among them plus four new cases have pending residence information. Three of five other cases with pending residence information have been assigned to the North Central zone and one each to the Far North East and North West zones.

The number of active cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan went up by 63 from Monday to 2,927 with 105 of those cases in hospital and that includes 20 people in I-C-U. Overall, since the province declared the pandemic in mid-March, there have been 6,883 reported cases of the novel coronavirus with 3,919 people having recovered.

Of the 6,883 cases in the province:

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

Overall in Saskatchewan to date:

• 207 cases are healthcare workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to healthcare in all instances.
• 1,458 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
• 2,441 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 1,835 are in the 40-59 age range; 901 are in the 60-79 age range; and 243 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.
• 37 deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.

Of 6,883 confirmed 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

To date, 324,060 COVID-19 tests have been processed Saskatchewan. As of November 22, 2020 when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 209,706 people tested per million population. The national rate was 291,058 people tested per million population.

On Monday, 3,174 COVID-19 tests were processed in Saskatchewan.