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One more Saskatchewan resident who tested positive for COVID-19 has died.
In a media release Saturday, the provincial government said a person from the northwest zone in the 80-and-over age group had died.
Twelve people who had tested positive for COVID have died in the province in the past six days. There have been 45 deaths linked to the virus in Saskatchewan since March.
The government also announced 197 new cases in the province, increasing the total to date to 7,888. The seven-day average of new cases is 234, or 19.3 per 100,000.
There are now 3,322 cases considered active in the province. On Oct. 29 there were 707 active cases, representing a 370 per cent jump in active cases in the last 30 days.
The cases reported Saturday were in the Saskatoon (56), Regina (73), northwest (five), north-central (17), southwest (16), southeast (two), central-east (five), far northwest (six), central-west (one), far northeast (four), northeast (five) and south-central (five) areas.
The hometowns of two cases are still being investigated.
A total of 137 recoveries were reported Saturday, bringing that total to date to 4,521.
There are 18 people in intensive care units across the province. One patient in north-central, 11 in Saskatoon, one in the southwest and five in Regina.
Eighty-eight people are receiving inpatient care at hospitals across the province. One in the far northwest, nine in the northwest, seven in north-central, one in the northeast, 30 in Saskatoon, one in central-east, 18 in Regina, one in the southwest, one in south-central and 19 in the southeast zone.
Community outbreaks
The province is reminding people that community transmission can happen quickly with the potential to impact multiple settings.
There was a recent outbreak on a teenage hockey team which resulted in nine players and a coach testing positive. The province said there are multiple teams currently isolating as a result.
An outbreak was also reported from a curling bonspiel which resulted in positive cases on teams from multiple cities and towns across the province.
Positive cases from people attending a recent funeral have led to the potential exposure of more than 200 people, according to the province.
Sporting events and community transmission have also impacted a hospital. Seventeen nurses at the unidentified hospital were required to isolate after being identified as close contacts to positive cases linked to those events.
The effort needed to investigate and contact trace as a result of these events causes delayed notification of possible exposure resulting in more cases.
With “significant outbreaks” happening at large gatherings and sporting events, people are urged to follow public health orders in place. They are enforceable.