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 55.
There are 283 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Dec. 4, 2020.
The new cases are located in the Regina (83), Saskatoon (50), North Central (47), North West (12), South West (12), Far North East (11), Far North West (9), Central East (9), South Central (9), South East (9), North East (7), and Central West (7) zones.
All nine of the new cases in the South Central are located in the South Central 2 sub-zone, which includes Moose Jaw and area.
Eighteen new cases have pending residence information.
Two previously reported cases with pending residence information have been assigned to the North West.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 262 (21.7 new cases per 100,000 population).
There are now 9,527 reported cases, including 4,116 active cases.
One-hundred and twenty-six people are in hospital. One-hundred and one people are receiving inpatient care — 36 in Saskatoon, 21 in the South East, 20 in Regina, 12 in the North Central, seven in the North West, three in the South West, one in the North East, and one in the Central East zones. Twenty-five people are in intensive care — 11 in Saskatoon, nine in Regina, four in the North Central, and one in the North West zones.
One hundred and eighty-three more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 5,356 recoveries.
Of the 9,527 cases in the province:
- 491 cases are travelers;
- 4,037 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 2270 have no known exposures; and
- 2,729 are under investigation by local public health.
On a regional level:
- 2,852 cases are from the Saskatoon area;
- 1,927 cases are from the north area (692 north west, 916 north central, 319 north east);
- 1,829 cases are from the Regina area;
- 1,218 cases are from the south area (475 south west, 431 south central, 312 south east);
- 996 cases are from the far north area (636 far north west, 83 far north central, 277 far north east);
- 659 cases are from the central area (285 central west, 374 central east); and
- 46 cases have pending residence information.
A total of 357,142 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 3,504 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.
