Three residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. All three deaths were in the 80-plus age group. One person was in the North West zone and two were in the Regina zone. That brings the total number of deaths in the province to 125.
There are 181 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Dec. 22, 2020.
The new cases are located in the Regina (43), North Central (36), Saskatoon (35), North West (35), Far North East (14), Far North West (8), North East (3), Central East (3), Far North Central (2), Central West (1), and South West (1) zones.
Eight previously reported cases have been assigned to the Far North East (2), Regina (2), Far North West (1), Far North Central (1), North West (1), and Saskatoon (1) zones.
Seven Saskatchewan residents tested out-of-province have been added to the case counts in the North West (2), North Central (2), Saskatoon (2), and Central East (1) zones.
Seven previously reported cases assigned to the North West zone (3), Far North West zone (1) and with pending residence information (3) have been found to be out-of-province residents and have been removed from the case counts.
There are now 13,942 reported cases, including 3,945 active cases.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 217 (17.9 new cases per 100,000 population).
One hundred and twenty-four people are in hospital. One hundred and three people are receiving inpatient care — 43 in Saskatoon, 22 in Regina, 17 in the North Central, six in the South East, five in the North West, five in the Central East, two in the Far North West, two in the North East, and one in the Central West. Twenty-one people are in intensive care — eight in Saskatoon, seven in the North Central, three in Regina, two in the South West, and one in the North West.
Two hundred and twenty-three more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 9,872 recoveries.
The total vaccinations completed to December 21 is 1,519. These are part of the Regina pilot vaccination phase.
Of the 13,942 cases in the province:
- 595 cases are travelers;
- 6,695 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 3,153 have no known exposures; and
- 3,499 are under investigation by local public health.
On a regional level:
- 4,035 cases are from the Saskatoon area;
- 3,262 cases are from the north area (1,282 north west, 1,522 north central, 458 north east);
- 2,739 cases are from the Regina area;
- 1,504 cases are from the south area (551 south west, 525 south central, 428 south east);
- 1,497 cases are from the far north area (843 far north west, 106 far north central, 548 far north east);
- 871 cases are from the central area (331 central west, 540 central east); and
- 34 cases have pending residence information.
A total of 410,616 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 2,172 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.
