Four residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died, the Ministry of Health said Thursday. Two individuals in the 80-plus age group were from the Regina and south central zones. One individual was in the 30-39 age group was from North Central region and one individual in the 50-59 age group was from the northeast zone.
There are 324 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Dec. 10, bringing the provincial total to date to 11,223 cases.
Eight cases are in the southeast region. None of them are in Southeast Zone 4, which includes Estevan. Seven cases are in Southeast Zone 1, which is the northwest corner of the zone, and one case is in Southeast Zone 3, which is to the west of Zone 4 and includes Weyburn.
The other new cases are located in the far northwest (15), far north central (three), far northeast (15), northwest (47), north central (37), north east (9), Saskatoon area (109), central west (1), central east (6), Regina (53), southwest (15) and south central (2). Four new cases have pending residence information.
Single cases with pending residence information were assigned to the far northeast and northwest zones.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 283 (23.3 new cases per 100,000 population).
Of the 11,223 reported cases, 4,682 are considered active.
Another 345 recoveries are now classified as recovered, bringing the provincial total to 6,466.
It is anticipated that the number of cases designated as “active” will decline as older cases are reviewed and potentially shifted to recovered status. This work is ongoing.
One hundred thirty-eight people are in hospital. One hundred and seven people are receiving inpatient care: seven in the northwest, 16 in the north central, two in the northeast, 47 in Saskatoon, one in the central east, 25 in Regina, one in the southwest, one in the south central and seven in the southeast zones. The number of people in hospital is down eight from Wednesday. Thirty-one people are in intensive care: eight in the north central, 11 in Saskatoon, 10 in Regina, one in the southwest and one in the south central zones.
Seventy-five people with COVID-19 have died in Saskatchewan since mid-March.
A total of 3,476 COVID-19 tests were processed in Saskatchewan on Wednesday.
The Mercury will have more information shortly on the number of COVID-19 cases in the southeast.
