Dec. 8 marked the largest number of deaths related to COVID-19, as well as the largest number of recoveries in one day since the pandemic hit Saskatchewan in March.
Six residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died.
Five of these individuals were in their 80s, one was from the North West, three from Regina and one from South East zones. One individual in their 30s was from the North Central zone.
There are 183 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Dec. 8, bringing the provincial total to date to 10,597 cases.
There is just one new case of COVID-19 in the South East region, in Zone 1, which is the northwest corner. The Estevan’s Zone 4 currently has 15 active cases, which is one down from Dec. 7.
The other new cases are located in the Far North West (13), Far North East (10), North West (18), North Central (30), North East (five), Saskatoon region (62), Central West (seven), Central East (four), Regina region (25), South West (four) and South Central (one). Three new cases have pending residence information.
Two cases where a Saskatchewan resident tested positive while out of province have been added to the Far North West (one) and North West (one) zones.
Four cases with pending residence information have been assigned to the North West zone.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 264 (21.8 new cases per 100,000 population).
There are 279 recoveries reported on Dec. 8. Of the 10,597 total reported cases, 4,663 are considered active. A total of 5,868 people have recovered. This marks the largest one day increase in the number of recoveries since the pandemic began.
One hundred forty-four people are in hospital. 117 people are receiving inpatient care: seven in the North West, 16 in the North Central, two in the North East, 51 in the Saskatoon, one in the Central East, 23 in the Regina, one in the South West, one in the South Central and 15 in the South East zones. Twenty-seven people are in intensive care: six in the North Central, 11 in the Saskatoon, eight in the Regina, one in the South West and one in the South Central zones.
Of the 10,597 cases in the province:
- 510 cases are travelers;
- 4,446 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
- 2,440 have no known exposures; and
- 3,201 are under investigation by local public health.
Overall in Saskatchewan to date:
- 345 cases are healthcare workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to healthcare in all instances.
- 2,233 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
- 3,718 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 2,803 are in the 40-59 age range; 1,423 are in the 60-79 age range; and 415 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.
- 66 deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.
Of 10,597 confirmed cases:
- 3,200 cases are from the Saskatoon area
- 2,192 cases are from the north area (783 north west, 1057 north central, 352 north east)
- 2,047 cases are from the Regina area
- 1,312 cases are from the south area (514 south west, 454 south central, 344 south east)
- 1,106 cases are from the far north area (694 far north west, 84 far north central, 328 far north east)
- 708 cases are from the central area (304 central west, 404 central east)
- 32 cases have pending residence information
To date, 369,755 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of Dec. 6, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 232,584 people tested per million population. The national rate was 321,090 people tested per million population.
Yesterday, 2,359 COVID-19 tests were processed in Saskatchewan.
