Eight residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. Two new deaths were reported in the North Central zone, with one in the 50 to 59 age group and another in the 60 to 69 age group. Three new deaths in the 70 to 79 age group were reported in the Regina (2) and Saskatoon (1) zones. Three new deaths in the 80-plus age group were reported in the Saskatoon (1), Regina (1) and South Central (1) zones. That brings the total number of deaths in the province to 115.
There are 252 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Dec. 19, 2020.
The new cases are located in the Saskatoon (57), North Central (42), North West (41), Regina (29), Central East (24), Far North East (17), North East (12), Far North West (9), Central West (5), South Central (4), South East (4), Far North Central (3), and South West (2) zones.
One of the new cases 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.
Eight previously reported cases with pending residence information have been assigned to the North Central (3), Saskatoon (3), Far North East (1), and North West (1) zones.
There are now 13,329 reported cases, including 3,762 active cases.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 227 (18.7 new cases per 100,000 population).
One hundred and twenty-seven people are in hospital. One hundred and seven people are receiving inpatient care — 41 in Saskatoon, 23 in the Regina, 20 in the North Central, seven in the North West, six in the South East, three in the North East, three in the Central East, two in the Far North West, one in the Far North Central, and one in the Central West. Twenty people are in intensive care: 10 in Saskatoon, four in the North Central, four in Regina, one in the North West, and one in the South West.
Two hundred and eighteen more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 9,452 irecoveries.
Of the 13,329 cases in the province:
- 580 cases are travelers;
- 6,403 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 2,985 have no known exposures; and
- 3,361 are under investigation by local public health.
On a regional level:
- 3,896 cases are from the Saskatoon area;
- 3,024 cases are from the north area (1,180 north west, 1,406 north central, 438 north east);
- 2,635 cases are from the Regina area;
- 1,481 cases are from the south area (549 south west, 514 south central, 418 south east);
- 1,425 cases are from the far north area (819 far north west, 102 far north central, 504 far north east);
- 826 cases are from the central area (330 central west, 496 central east); and
- 42 cases have pending residence information.
A total of 403,054 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 3,328 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.
