There are 246 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Dec. 11, 2020.
The new cases are located in the Saskatoon (65), Regina (50), North Central (34), North West (24), Far North West (19), South East (14), Far North East (13), North East (9), South Central (7), Central East (6), Central West (3), Far North Central (1), and South West (1) zones.
Five of the new cases in the South Central are located in the South Central 2 sub-zone, which includes Moose Jaw and area.
Two cases with pending residence information were assigned to the Far North East and North Central zones.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 282 (23.3 new cases per 100,000 population).
There are now 11,475 reported cases, including 4,547 active cases.
The Saskatchewan Health Authority says the number of cases designated as “active” will decline as older cases are reviewed and potentially shifted to recovered status. This work is ongoing.
One hundred and thirty-three people are in hospital. One hundred and six people are receiving inpatient care — 45 in Saskatoon, 26 in Regina, 16 in the North Central, six in the North West, six in the South East, two in the North East, two in the Central East, one in the Far North West, one in the South West, and one in the South Central. Twenty-seven people are in intensive care: 11 in Saskatoon, eight in Regina, six in the North Central, one in the South West, and one in the South Central.
Three hundred and eighty-seven more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 6,853 recoveries.
Of the 11,475 cases in the province:
- 533 cases are travelers;
- 5,015 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 2,676 have no known exposures; and
- 3,251 are under investigation by local public health.
On a regional level:
- 3,436 cases are from the Saskatoon area;
- 2,417 cases are from the north area (881 north west, 1,165 north central, 371 north east);
- 2,280 cases are from the Regina area;
- 1,371 cases are from the south area (534 south west, 466 south central, 371 south east);
- 1,209 cases are from the far north area (746 far north west, 89 far north central, 374 far north east);
- 730 cases are from the central area (312 central west, 418 central east); and
- 32 cases have pending residence information.
A total of 379,378 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 3,497 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.
