Two of the eight deaths reported on Saturday were in the Saskatoon zone. There were three deaths in Regina, two in the North Central zone and one in the South Central zone.

Three of the deaths were in the 80-plus age demographic and three were in their 70’s. The two deaths in the North Central Zone were younger—one was in the 50-59 age group and the other was between 60-69 years old.

There are 252 new COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan, which brings the provincial total to date to 13,329 cases, of which 3,762 are considered active. There were 3,328 COVID-19 tests processed on Friday.

Breaking down the Saturday COVID cases by zone: Saskatoon (57), North Central (42), North West (41), Regina (29), Central East (24), Far North East (17), North East (12), Far North West (9), Central West (5), South Central (4), South East (4), Far North Central (3) and South West (2). Three new cases have pending residence information.

A total of 127 people are in hospital, including 20 in intensive care. There are ten ICU cases in Saskatoon, four in Regina, four in North Central and one each in the North West and South West Zones.

The seven-day average of daily new cases is 227 (18.7 new cases per 100,000 population.

Of the 13,329 cases in the province:

• 580 cases are travelers;
• 6,403 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
• 2,985 have no known exposures; and
• 3,361 are under investigation by local public health.

Overall in Saskatchewan to date:

• 567 cases are healthcare workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to healthcare in all instances.
• 2,859 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
• 4,688 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 3,452 are in the 40-59 age range; 1,747 are in the 60-79 age range; and 578 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.
• 115 deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.

Of 13,329 confirmed cases:

• 3,896 cases are from the Saskatoon area
• 3,024 cases are from the north area (1,180 north west, 1,406 north central, 438 north east)
• 2,635 cases are from the Regina area
• 1,481 cases are from the south area (549 south west, 514 south central, 418 south east)
• 1,425 cases are from the far north area (819 far north west, 102 far north central, 504 far north east)
• 826 cases are from the central area (330 central west, 496 central east)
• 42 cases have pending residence information

To date, 403,054 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan.  As of December 17, 2020 when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 246,602 people tested per million population.  The national rate was 344,482 people tested per million population.

Yesterday, 3,328 COVID-19 tests were processed in Saskatchewan.

New Public Health Measures Take Effect Today

For more information on the public health measures that take effect today (December 19), or to see the Public Health Order, visit https://www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-measures.

Seven-day Average of Daily New Cases

The seven-day average of daily new cases is now available on the Government of Saskatchewan website. This chart compares today’s average to data collected over the past several months and can be found here: https://dashboard.saskatchewan.ca/health-wellness/covid-19/seven-day-average-of-new-covid-cases.

General COVID-19 Information

General public inquiries may be directed to COVID19@health.gov.sk.ca.