One Saskatchewan resident who tested positive for COVID-19 has died. This individual was in the 80-plus age group and was reported in the Saskatoon zone. That bring the total number of deaths in the province to 155.
There are 190 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan. as of Dec. 31, 2020.
The new cases are located in the Saskatoon (47), North Central (37), Regina (23), Far North East (22), North West (12), South East (10), Far North West (9), South Central (8), Central East (4), South West (3), North East (2), and Central West (2) zones.
Six of the new cases in the South Central are located in the South Central 2 sub-zone, which includes Moose Jaw and area.
Eleven new cases have pending residence information.
Fifteen previously reported cases have been assigned to the North Central (13) and North West (2) zones.
As of December 31, there are 54 active COVID-19 cases among inmates and three active cases among staff at the Regina Correctional Centre. This number is expected to increase as testing is underway.
There are now 15,350 reported cases, including 2,699 active cases.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 157 (13 new cases per 100,000 population).
One hundred and forty-two people are in hospital. One hundred and twelve people are receiving inpatient care — 39 in Saskatoon, 32 in Regina, 21 in the North Central, seven in the North West, six in the Central East, two in the Far North West, two in the North East, one in the Central West, one in the South West, and one in the South East. Thirty people are in intensive care — 11 in Regina, nine in Saskatoon, five in the North Central, three in the North West, one in Central East, and one in the South West.
Four hundred and thirty-nine more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to12,496 recoveries.
As of December 30, 3,458 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine have been provided to health care workers in Regina as part of the initial pilot and in Saskatoon as part of Phase 1.
Of the 15,350 cases in the province:
- 632 cases are travelers;
- 7,559 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 3,578 have no known exposures; and
- 3,581 are under investigation by local public health.
On a regional level:
- 4,311 cases are from the Saskatoon area;
- 3,727 cases are from the north area (1,401 north west, 1,820 north central, 506 north east);
- 2,991 cases are from the Regina area;
- 1,714 cases are from the far north (909 far north west, 106 far north central, 699 far north east);
- 1,591 cases are from the south (562 south west, 543 south central, 486 south east);
- 933 cases are from the central area (341 central west, 592 central east); and
- 83 cases have pending residence information.
A total of 426,731 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 2,198 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.
