Three residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. All three deaths were reported in the Regina zone. Two were in the 80-plus age group, while one was in the 70 to 79 age group. That brings the number of deaths in the province to 118.
There are 226 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Dec. 20, 2020.
The new cases are located in the Saskatoon (55), North Central (38), Regina (32), North West (30), Central East (30), Far North East (15), Far North West (6), South East (6), North East (5), and South Central (5) zones.
All five of the new cases in the South Central are located in the South Central 2 sub-zone, which includes Moose Jaw and area.
Four new cases have pending residence information.
Four previously reported cases with pending residence information have been assigned to the North Central (2), Far North Central (1), and Regina (1) zones.
There are now 13,555 reported cases, including 3880 active cases.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 228 (18.8 new cases per 100,000 population).
One hundred and twenty-three people are in hospital. One hundred and four people are receiving inpatient care — 39 in Saskatoon, 23 in Regina, 18 in the North Central, seven in the South East, six in the North West, five in the Central East, two in the Far North West, two in the North East, one in the Far North Central, and one in the Central West. Nineteen people are in intensive care — nine in Saskatoon, six in the North Central, two in Regina, one in the North West, and one in the South West.
One hundred and five more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 9,557 recoveries.
Of the 13,555 cases in the province:
- 585 cases are travelers;
- 6,476 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 3,030 have no known exposures; and
- 3,464 are under investigation by local public health.
On a regional level:
- 3,951 cases are from the Saskatoon area;
- 3,099 cases are from the north area (1,210 north west, 1,446 north central, 443 north east);
- 2,668 cases are from the Regina area;
- 1,492 cases are from the south area (549 south west, 519 south central, 424 south east);
- 1,447 cases are from the far north area (825 far north west, 103 far north central, 519 far north east);
- 856 cases are from the central area (330 central west, 526 central east); and
- 42 cases have pending residence information.
A total of 406,083 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 3,029 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.
