One resident in the South zone, who tested positive for COVID-19, has died. This individual was in the 80-plus age category. That brings the total number of deaths in the province to 54.
There are 259 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Dec. 3.
The new cases are located in the Regina (112), Saskatoon (50), North West (21), South West (21), North Central (20), South Central (10), Far North West (9), South East (6), Central West (3), Central East (3), North East (2), and Far North East (1) zones.
Nine of the new cases in the South Central are located in the South Central 2 sub-zone, which includes Moose Jaw and area.
One new case has pending residence information.
Four previously reported cases with pending residence information have been assigned to the North West (2) and North Central (2) zones. Three Saskatchewan residents tested out-of- province were added to the North West zone.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 269 (22.2 new cases per 100,000 population).
There are now 9,244 reported cases, including 4,017 active cases.
One-hundred and twenty-eight people are in hospital. One-hundred and four people are receiving inpatient care — 41 in Saskatoon, 20 in Regina, 20 in the South East, nine in the North Central, eight in the North West, two in the Central East, two in the South West, one in the North East, and one in the Far North West. Twenty-four people are in intensive care — 11 in Saskatoon, nine in Regina, three in the North Central, and one in the North West.
Two hundred and fourteen more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 5,173 recoveries.
Of the 9,244 cases in the province:
- 486 cases are travelers;
- 3,929 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 2,221 have no known exposures; and
- 2,608 are under investigation by local public health.
On a regional level,
- 2,802 cases are from the Saskatoon area;
- 1,859 cases are from the north area (678 north west, 869 north central, 312 north east);
- 1,746 cases are from the Regina area;
- 1,188 cases are from the south area (463 south west, 422 south central, 303 south east);
- 976 cases are from the far north area (627 far north west, 83 far north central, 266 far north east);
- 643 cases are from the central area (278 central west, 365 central east); and
- 30 cases have pending residence information.
A total of 353,638 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 3,247 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.
