Two residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. These individuals were from the Saskatoon and North West zones and in the 80-plus age group. That brings the total number of deaths in the province to 91.
There are 269 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Dec.14, 2020.
The new cases are located in the Regina (59), Saskatoon (51), North Central (50), North West (30), North East (17), Central East (16), Far North East (14), Far North West (8), South East (6), South Central (5), Far North Central (3), Central West (2), and South West (1) zones.
Four of the five new cases in the South Central are located in the South Central 2 sub-zone, which includes Moose Jaw and area.
Seven new cases have pending residence information.
Two cases previously reported in the Far North East and Saskatoon zones were deemed to be out-of-province residents and removed from the case counts.
There are now 12,238 reported cases, including 4,380 active cases.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 262 (21.7 new cases per 100,000 population).
One hundred and twenty-four people are in hospital. Ninety-seven people are receiving inpatient care — 41 in Saskatoon, 30 in Regina, 11 in the North Central, eight in the North West, four in the South East, two in the Central East, and one in the South Central. Twenty-seven people are in intensive care: eleven in Regina, nine in Saskatoon, six in the North Central, and one in the South West.
Seventy-three more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 7,767 recoveries.
Of the 12,238 cases in the province:
- 551 cases are travelers;
- 5,523 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 2,755 have no known exposures; and
- 3,409 are under investigation by local public health.
On a regional level:
- 3,618 cases are from the Saskatoon area;
- 2,648 cases are from the north area (995 north west, 1,254 north central, 399 north east);
- 2,453 cases are from the Regina area;
- 1,422 cases are from the south area (541 south west, 489 south central, 392 south east);
- 1,287 cases are from the far north area (777 far north west, 92 far north central, 418 far north east);
- 774 cases are from the central area (319 central west, 455 central east); and
- 36 cases have pending residence information.
A total of 388,972 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 3,024 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.
