There are 299 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on November 26, 2020, bringing the provincial total to date to 7,362 cases. The new cases are located in the Far North West (11), Far North Central (4), Far North East (16), North West (17), North Central (34), North East (3), Saskatoon (125), Central West (4), Central East (6), Regina (44), South West (7), South Central (12) and South East (8) zones and eight (8) new cases have pending residence information.

Three residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. One in Saskatoon in the 70-79 age group, and two in the 80+ age group in the North West.

Ten cases with pending residence information have been assigned to the following zones: Regina (3), North West (3), and North Central (4). Eighteen Saskatchewan residents tested out-of-province were added to the total counts in the following zones: North West (10), Far North West (2), North Central (1), Regina (1), Saskatoon (4). 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.

Of the 7,362 reported cases, 3,146 are considered active. A total of 4,176 people have recovered.

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.

Yesterday, 3,493 COVID-19 tests were processed in Saskatchewan.

Correctional Centre Outbreak

Of the cases announced today, 72 are from the Saskatoon Correctional Centre—68 of these are offenders, and four are staff. To date, there are a total of 85 active cases among offenders and staff at Saskatoon Correctional Centre. Corrections officials are working with public health on measures to reduce the spread within the facility and the correctional system. This will include ongoing testing of offenders and staff at the Saskatoon Correctional Centre.

Additionally, all new admissions to provincial correctional centres will be tested for COVID-19 starting early next week. New admissions will continue to be quarantined for 14 days. Corrections is also instituting mandatory continuous masking for offenders across all provincial correctional facilities. Employees at correctional centres have been continuously masking since the summer.

As of today, there will be no new admissions to Saskatoon Correctional Centre. Remanded and sentenced offenders are being redirected to Regina and Prince Albert Correctional Centres.