Six residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died.
Five of these individuals were in their 80s, from the Regina (3), North West (1), and South East (1) zones. One individual was in their 30s was from the North Central zone. This marks the largest one-day increase in the number of COVID-19 deaths in Saskatchewan since the pandemic began. Sixty-six deaths have been repoted to date.
There are 183 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Dec. 8, 2020.
The new cases are located in the Saskatoon (62), North Central (30), Regina (25), North West (18), Far North West (13), Far North East (10), Central West (7), North East (5), Central East (4), South West (4), South Central (1) and South East (1) zones.
The new case in the South Central is located in the South Central 2 sub-zone, which includes Moose Jaw and area.
Three new cases have pending residence information.
Two cases where a Saskatchewan resident tested positive while out of province have been added to the Far North West (1) and North West (1) zones.
Four cases with pending residence information have been assigned to the North West zone.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 264 (21.8 new cases per 100,000 population).
There are now 10,597 reported cases, including 4,663 active cases.
Two hundred and seventy-nine more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 5,868 recoveries. The Saskatchewan Health Authority says this marks the largest one-day increase in the number of recoveries since the pandemic began.
One hundred forty-four people are in hospital. One hundred and seventeen people are receiving inpatient care — 51 in Saskatoon, 23 in Regina, 16 in the North Central, 15 in the South East, seven in the North West, two in the North East, one in the Central East, one in the South West, and one in the South Central. Twenty-seven people are in intensive care — 11 in Saskatoon, six in the North Central, eight in Regina, one in the South West, and one in the South Central.
Of the 10,597 cases in the province:
- 510 cases are travelers;
- 4,446 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 2,440 have no known exposures; and
- 3,201 are under investigation by local public health.
On a regional level:
- 3,200 cases are from the Saskatoon area;
- 2,192 cases are from the north area (783 north west, 1057 north central, 352 north east);
- 2,047 cases are from the Regina area;
- 1,312 cases are from the south area (514 south west, 454 south central, 344 south east);
- 1,106 cases are from the far north area (694 far north west, 84 far north central, 328 far north east);
- 708 cases are from the central area (304 central west, 404 central east); and
- 32 cases have pending residence information.
A total of 369,755 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 2,359 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.
