Four residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. Two individuals in the 80-plus age group were from the Regina and South Central zones. One individual in the 30-39 age group was from North Central and one individual in the 50-59 age group was from the North East zone. That brings the total number of deaths in the province to 75.
There are 324 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Dec. 10, 2020.
The new cases are located in the Saskatoon (109), Regina (53), North West (47), North Central (37), Far North East (15), Far North West (15), South West (15), North East (9), South East (8), Central East (6), Far North Central (3), South Central (2) and Central West (1) zones.
Both of the cases in the South Central are located in the South Central 2 sub-zone, which includes Moose Jaw and area.
Four new cases have pending residence information.
Two previously reported cases with pending residence information were assigned to the Far North East and North West zones.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 283 (23.3 new cases per 100,000 population).
There are now 11,223 reported cases, including 4,682 active cases.
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) says the number of active cases should drop as older cases are reviewed and potentially shifted to recovered status. The SHA says this work is ongoing.
One hundred thirty-eight people are in hospital. One hundred and seven people are receiving inpatient care — 47 in Saskatoon, 25 in Regina, 16 in the North Central, seven in the South East, seven 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. Thirty-one people are in intensive care — 11 in Saskatoon, ten in Regina, eight in the North Central, one in the South West, and one in the South Central.
Three hundred and forty-five more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 6,466 recoveries.
Of the 11,223 cases in the province:
- 526 cases are travelers;
- 4,792 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 2,567 have no known exposures; and
- 3,338 are under investigation by local public health.
On a regional level:
- 3,369 cases are from the Saskatoon area;
- 2,348 cases are from the north area (856 north west, 1,130 north central, 362 north east);
- 2,230 cases are from the Regina area;
- 1,349 cases are from the south area (533 south west, 459 south central, 357 south east);
- 1,172 cases are from the far north area (724 far north west, 88 far north central, 360 far north east);
- 721 cases are from the central area (309 central west, 412 central east); and
- 34 cases have pending residence information.
A total of 375,881 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. Yesterday, 3,476 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.
