Five Regina zone residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. The individuals were all in the 80-plus age group. That brings the total number of deaths in the province to 71.
There are 302 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Dec. 9, 2020.
The new cases are located in the Regina (131), Saskatoon (59), North Central (35), North West (26), Far North East (15), Far North West (14), South East (5), Central West (4), South West (4), South Central (3), Central East (2), Far North Central (1), and North East (1) zones.
All three cases in the South Central are located in the South Central 2 sub-zone, which includes Moose Jaw and area.
Two new cases have pending residence information.
Two cases with pending residence information were assigned to the Far North West and North Central zones. Two Saskatchewan residents testing positive out-of-province have been added to the Far North East and Saskatoon counts. Two cases previously reported were found to be out-of-province residents and removed from the counts for the North West and Regina zones.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 273 (22.6 new cases per 100,000 population).
There are now 10,899 reported cases, including 4,707 active cases.
The Saskatchewan Health Authority notes that "active cases are overrepresented. There will be an adjustment in the coming days, as recovered cases are reconciled."
One hundred forty people are in hospital. One hundred and thirteen people are receiving inpatient care — 50 in Saskatoon, 23 in the Regina, 17 in the North Central, 13 in the South East, five in the North West, two in the North East, one in the Central East, one in the South West, and one in the South Central. Twenty-seven people are in intensive care — 10 in Saskatoon, nine in Regina, six in the North Central, one in the South West, and one in the South Central.
Two hundred and fifty-three more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 6,121 recoveries.
Of the 10,899 cases in the province:
- 516 cases are travelers;
- 4,599 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 2,479 have no known exposures; and
- 3,305 are under investigation by local public health.
On a regional level:
- 3,260 cases are from the Saskatoon area;
- 2,254 cases are from the north area (808 north west, 1093 north central, 353 north east);
- 2,177 cases are from the Regina area;
- 1,324 cases are from the south area (518 south west, 457 south central, 349 south east);
- 1,138 cases are from the far north area (709 far north west, 85 far north central, 344 far north east);
- 714 cases are from the central area (308 central west, 406 central east); and
- 32 cases have pending residence information.
A total of 372,405 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 2,650 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.
