All three deaths occurred in the Regina zone—two individuals were in the 80+ age category and the other was in their 70’s.

There were 226 new COVID-19 cases reported on Sunday. Saskatoon had the highest number (55), followed by North Central (38), Regina (32), Central East (30), North West (30), Far North East (15), South East (6), Far North West (6), South Central (5) and North East (5). Four new cases have pending residence information.

There are 123 people in hospital, including 19 in intensive care.

Just over three thousand tests were processed on Saturday. The seven-day average of daily new cases is 228 (18.8 new cases per 100,000 population)

The number of provincial cases to date is now 13,555, with active cases sitting at 3,880.

Of the 13,555 cases in the province:

• 585 cases are travelers;
• 6,476 are community contacts (including mass gatherings);
• 3,030 have no known exposures; and
• 3,464 are under investigation by local public health.

Overall in Saskatchewan to date:

• 570 cases are healthcare workers; however, the source of the infections may not be related to healthcare in all instances.
• 2,907 cases involve people 19 years of age and under, while the remainder are adults.
• 4,793 cases are in the 20-39 age range; 3,494 are in the 40-59 age range; 1,767 are in the 60-79 age range; and 589 are in the 80-plus range. Confirmation of age is pending for five cases.
• 51 per cent of the cases are female and 49 per cent are male.
• 118 deaths related to COVID-19 have been reported to date.

Of 13,555 confirmed cases:

• 3,951 cases are from the Saskatoon area
• 3,099 cases are from the north area (1,210 north west, 1,446 north central, 443 north east)
• 2,668 cases are from the Regina area
• 1,492 cases are from the south area (549 south west, 519 south central, 424 south east)
• 1,447 cases are from the far north area (825 far north west, 103 far north central, 519 far north east)
• 856 cases are from the central area (330 central west, 526 central east)
• 42 cases have pending residence information

To date, 406,083 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan.  As of December 18, 2020 when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 247,937 people tested per million population.  The national rate was 346,743 people tested per million population.

Yesterday, 3,029 COVID-19 tests were processed in Saskatchewan.

As a reminder, a number of public health measures took effect yesterday (December 19).  Visit https://www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-measures.

The seven-day average of daily new cases is 228 (18.8 new cases per 100,000 population) and is now available on the Government of Saskatchewan website at https://dashboard.saskatchewan.ca/health-wellness/covid-19/seven-day-average-of-new-covid-cases.  This chart compares today’s average to data collected over the past several months.