Five residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. Two deaths in the 70 to 79 age group were in the Regina zone. Three deaths in the 80-plus age group were in the North West (1), Central East (1) and Regina (1) zones. That brings the total number of deaths in the province to 130.
There are 159 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Dec. 23, 2020.
The new cases are located in the Regina (50), North West (24), North Central (24), Saskatoon (21), Far North West (14), Far North East (8), North East (8), South West (3), South East (2), and Central East (1) zones.
Four new cases have pending residence information.
There are now 14,101 reported cases, including 3,850 active cases.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 215 (17.7 new cases per 100,000 population).
One hundred and twenty-five people are in hospital. One hundred and four people are receiving inpatient care: 43 in Saskatoon, 23 in Regina, 18 in the North Central, four in the North West, four in the Central East, four in the South East, three in the North East, two in the Far North West, two in the South West, and one in the Central West. Twenty-one people are in intensive care — nine in Saskatoon, six in the North Central, four in Regina, one in the North West, and one in the South West.
Two hundred and forty-nine more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 10,121 recoveries.
As of December 22, 1,597 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine have been provided to health care workers in Regina as part of the initial pilot and Saskatoon as part of Phase 1.
Of the 14,101 cases in the province:
- 603 cases are travelers;
- 6,862 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 3,237 have no known exposures; and
- 3,399 are under investigation by local public health.
On a regional level:
- 4,056 cases are from the Saskatoon area;
- 3,318 cases are from the north area (1,306 north west, 1,546 north central, 466 north east);
- 2,789 cases are from the Regina area;
- 1,509 cases are from the south area (554 south west, 525 south central, 430 south east);
- 1,519 cases are from the far north area (857 far north west, 106 far north central, 556 far north east);
- 872 cases are from the central area (331 central west, 541 central east); and
- 38 cases have pending residence information.
A total of 413,147 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 2,531 COVID-19 tests were processed.
For more information, visit www.saskatchewan.ca/COVID19. You can find the maps and the breakdown of cases by region on the government's website.
