A record number of fatalities are being reported by the Saskatchewan Health Authority in Saturday’s COVID-19 report.
Eleven people have died for a total to date of 86.
The province is is also reporting 274 new cases of the virus for a total of 11,749.
There have been 713 recoveries and 118 people are in the hospital with 23 in intensive care.
Eight of the deaths reported on Saturday were in the their 80s with four in Regina, three in Saskatoon and one in the southeast.
One person in their 70s succumbed to the virus in the southeast, along with one if their 60s in the northeast and one in their 50s from Saskatoon.
Of the 274 cases, 78 are in the Saskatoon area which is over 28 per cent of the total.
The next highest amount is in Regina with 57 confirmed, new cases.
The northwest has 43 new cases, 23 in north central, 19 in the far northeast, 13 in central east, 12 in south central, ten in the southeast, eight in the far northwest, five in the northeast, and two each in central west and the southwest zones.
Two cases are pending residence information.
The seven day average of new cases is 292, which is 24.1 per 100,000 population.
There are 4,097 active cases right now, but the province says that number will decline as older cases are reviewed and potentially shifted to recovered status.

Here are the rest of the numbers:

One hundred and eighteen people are in hospital. Ninety-five people are receiving inpatient care: one in the Far North West, seven in the North West, 11 in the North Central, 41 in Saskatoon, two in the Central East, 25 in Regina, two in the South Central and six in the South East zones. Twenty-three people are in intensive care: six in the North Central, seven in Saskatoon, nine in Regina, and one in the South West.

Of the 11,749 cases in the province:
539 cases are travelers;
5,102 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
2,740 have no known exposures; and
3,368 are under investigation by local public health.
Overall in Saskatchewan to date:

406 cases are healthcare workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to healthcare in all instances.
2,459 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
4,130 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 3,083 are in the 40-59 age range; 1,564 are in the 60-79 age range; and 508 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.
86 deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.
Of 11,749 confirmed cases:

3,514 cases are from the Saskatoon area
2,489 cases are from the north area (924 north west, 1,189 north central, 376 north east)
2,337 cases are from the Regina area
1,395 cases are from the south area (536 south west, 478 south central, 381 south east)
1,237 cases are from the far north area (754 far north west, 89 far north central, 394 far north east)
745 cases are from the central area (314 central west, 431 central east)
32 cases have pending residence information
To date, 383,000 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of December 10, 2020 when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewans per capita rate was 237,623 people tested per million population. The national rate was 329,863 people tested per million population.

Yesterday, 3,622 COVID-19 tests were processed in Saskatchewan.