Three Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died, according to information from the Ministry of Health released Dec. 30.
All three deaths were in the Saskatoon zone, with one in the 30-39, one in the 60-69 and one in the 80-plus age groups.
There are 147 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, bringing the provincial total to date to 15,160 cases.
Seventeen new cases are in the South East region. Two are in South East Zone 4, which includes Estevan. There are four new cases in Zone 3, which includes Weyburn, one in Zone 2, which is to the north of Zone 4, and 10 in Zone 1, which covers the northwest corner of this region.
There are 114 active cases in the South East region, including six in Zone 4.
A total of 476 cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed in the South East region since mid-March.
The other new cases are located in the Far North West (4), Far North East (25), North West (9), North Central (10), North East (5), Saskatoon (13), Central East (7), Regina (44), South West (2) and South Central (3) zones.
Eight new cases have pending residence information.
Nine cases with pending residence information, previously reported, have been found to be out-of-province residents and were removed from the counts.
Of the 15,160 cases, 2,949 cases are considered active.
Another 378 people have recovered, bringing the provincial total to 12,057 recoveries. Four recoveries are from the South East.
One hundred and fifty-one people are in hospital. One hundred and nineteen people are receiving inpatient care: one in the Far North West, one in the Far North Central; eight in the North West; 22 in the North Central; two in the North East; 50 in the Saskatoon; one in the Central West; four in the Central East; 28 in the Regina; one in the South West; and one in the South East zones. The number of people in hospital in the South East is at its lowest level in several weeks.
Thirty-two people are in intensive care: two in the North West; five in the North Central; 13 in the Saskatoon; one in Central East; 10 in Regina; and one in the South West zones.
A total of 154 Saskatchewan residents with COVID-19 have died since mid-March. Eleven of the deaths are residents of the southeast.
As of Dec. 29, 2,942 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine have been provided to health care workers in Regina as part of the initial pilot and in Saskatoon as part of Phase 1.
A total of 1,475 COVID-19 tests were processed in Saskatchewan on Dec. 29, including 92 from this region.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 152 (12.5 new cases per 100,000 population) and is now available on the Government of Saskatchewan website.
