Two residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. One new death in the 70 to 79 age group was reported along with one new death in the 80-plus age group. Both were from the Regina zone. That brings the total number of deaths in the province to 107 .
There are 245 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Dec. 18, 2020.
The new cases are located in the North West (53), Saskatoon (46), Regina (42), Far North East (28), North Central (16), North East (14), Far North West (12), South Central (7), South East (5), Central West (5), Central East (4), South West (2), and Far North Central (1) 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.
Ten new cases have pending residence information.
Seven previously reported cases with pending residence information have been assigned to the North Central (6) and Far North Central (1).
There are now 13,077 reported cases, including 3,736 active cases.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 230 (19 new cases per 100,000 population).
One hundred and twenty-one people are in hospital. One hundred and four people are receiving inpatient care — 41 in Saskatoon, 24 in Regina, 20 in the North Central, eight in the North West, five in the South East, three in the Far North West, two in the Central East, and one in the Central West. Seventeen people are in intensive care — nine in Saskatoon, five in the North Central, and three in Regina.
Four hundred and eighty-five more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 9,234 recoveries.
Of the 13,077 cases in the province:
- 575 cases are travelers;
- 6,292 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 2,937 have no known exposures; and
- 3,273 are under investigation by local public health.
On a regional level:
- 3,836 cases are from the Saskatoon area;
- 2,925 cases are from the north area (1,138 north west, 1,361 north central, 426 north east);
- 2,606 cases are from the Regina area;
- 1,471 cases are from the south area (547 south west, 510 south central, 414 south east);
- 1,395 cases are from the far north area (810 far north west, 99 far north central, 486 far north east);
- 797 cases are from the central area (325 central west, 472 central east); and
- 47 cases have pending residence information.
A total of 399,726 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 3,171 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.
