Five Regina zone residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. The individuals were all in the 80+ age group.
There are 302 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Dec. 9, bringing the provincial total to date to 10,899 cases.
The new cases are located in the Far Northwest (14), Far North Central (1), Far Northeast (15), Northwest (26), North Central (35), Northeast (1), Saskatoon (59), Central West (4), Central East (2), Regina (131), Southwest (4), South Central (3) and Southeast (5) zones and 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 Northwest and Regina zones.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 273 (22.6 new cases per 100,000 population).
Of the 10,899 reported cases, 4,707 are considered active, with 163 active cases in the southeast. A total of 6,121 people have recovered, including 253 new recoveries as of Dec. 9. Note that active cases are overrepresented. There will be an adjustment in the coming days, as recovered cases are reconciled.
A total of 140 people are in hospital, and 113 people are receiving inpatient care: five in the Northwest, 17 in the North Central, two in the Northeast, 50 in the Saskatoon, one in the Central East, 23 in the Regina, one in the Southwest, one in the South Central and 13 in the Southeast zones. Twenty-seven people are in intensive care: six in the North Central, 10 in the Saskatoon, nine in the Regina, one in the Southwest and one in the South Central zones.
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; 3,305 are under investigation by local public health, and 359 cases are healthcare workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to healthcare in all instances.
By age category, 2,296 cases involve people 19 years of age and under; 3,816 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 2,867 are in the 40-59 age range; 1,459 are in the 60-79 age range; and 456 are in the 80-plus range. Confirmation of age is pending for five cases.
About 50 per cent of the cases are female and 50 per cent are male. A total of 71 deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.
Of 10,899 confirmed cases, 3,260 cases are from the Saskatoon area; 2,254 cases are from the north area (808 northwest, 1093 north central, 353 northeast); 2,177 cases are from the Regina area; 1,324 cases are from the south area (518 southwest, 457 south central, 349 southeast); 1,138 cases are from the far north area (709 far northwest, 85 far north central, 344 far northeast); 714 cases are from the central area (308 central west, 406 central east), and 32 cases have pending residence information.
To date, 372,405 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of Dec. 7, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 233,693 people tested per million population. The national rate was 323,173 people tested per million population.
A total of 2,650 COVID-19 tests were processed in Saskatchewan on Dec. 8.
