Five residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. Two deaths in the 70-79 age group were in the Regina zone. Three deaths in the 80+ age group were in the North West (1), Central East (1) and Regina (1) zones.]
There are 159 new cases of COVID-19 and 249 recoveries to report in Saskatchewan on Dec. 23, bringing the provincial total to date to 14,101 cases.
There are two new cases in the South East region, with one being on Estevan’s Zone 4, and another one located in Zone 1 to the northwest of the corner. Estevan’s zone currently has three active cases.
The other new cases are located in the Far North West (14), Far North East (8), North West (24), North Central (24), North East (8), Saskatoon (21), Central East (1), Regina (50) and South West zones. Four new cases have pending residence information.
Of the cases, 3,850 cases out of the 14,101 cases are considered active. A total of 10,121 individuals have recovered.
One hundred and twenty-five people are in hospital. One hundred and four people are receiving inpatient care: two in the Far North West, four in the North West, 18 in the North Central, three in the North East, 43 in the Saskatoon, one in the Central West, four in the Central East, 23 in the Regina, two in the South West and four in the South East zones. Twenty-one people are in intensive care: one in the North West, six in the North Central, nine in the Saskatoon, four in the Regina and one in the South West zones.
As of Dec. 22, 1,597 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine have been provided to health care workers in Regina as part of the initial pilot and Saskatoon as part of Phase 1.
Of the 14,101 cases in the province:
- 603 cases are travelers;
- 6,862 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 3,237 have no known exposures; and
- 3,399 are under investigation by local public health.
Overall in Saskatchewan to date:
- 610 cases are healthcare workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to healthcare in all instances.
- 3,043 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
- 4,994 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 3,627 are in the 40-59 age range; 1,825 are in the 60-79 age range; and 607 are in the 80-plus range. Confirmation of age is pending for five cases.
- 50 per cent of the cases are female and 50 per cent are male.
- 130 deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.
Of 14,101 confirmed cases:
- 4,056 cases are from the Saskatoon area
- 3,318 cases are from the north area (1,306 north west, 1,546 north central, 466 north east)
- 2,789 cases are from the Regina area
- 1,509 cases are from the south area (554 south west, 525 south central, 430 south east)
- 1,519 cases are from the far north area (857 far north west, 106 far north central, 556 far north east)
- 872 cases are from the central area (331 central west, 541 central east)
- 38 cases have pending residence information
To date, 413,147 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of Dec. 21, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 251,161 people tested per million population. The national rate was 352,605 people tested per million population.
Yesterday, 2,531 COVID-19 tests were processed in Saskatchewan.
