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COVID-19 provincial report

Record 11 COVID-19 deaths reported in Saskatchewan

Dec 12, 2020 | 2:08 PM

The Saskatchewan Health Authority reported a record 11 new deaths to COVID-19 on Saturday.

One new death was in the 60-69 age group in the North East, while four were in Saskatoon (three in 80+ group, one in 50-59), four new deaths in Regina (all 80+), one in the South East (70-79) and one in the South East (80+).

The 11 deaths are the largest one-day increase in COVID-19 deaths so far, almost double the previous record of six. Since last Saturday, 31 deaths have been reported, while 86 people have died since the pandemic started.

There are 274 new cases of COVID-19 to report in the province, bringing the provincial total to date to 11,749 cases.

See more in-depth COVID-19 stats here.

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The new cases are located in the Far North West (8), Far North East (19), North West (43), North Central (23), North East (5), Saskatoon (78), Central West (2), Central East (13), Regina (57), South West (2), South Central (12) and South East (10) zones and two (2) new cases have pending residence information.

Two cases with pending residence information were assigned on Saturday, one each to the Far North East and North Central zones.

The seven-day average of daily new cases is 292 (24.1 new cases per 100,000 population).

There are 4,097 cases that are considered active. A total of 7,566 individuals have recovered.

It is anticipated that the number of cases designated as “active” will decline as older cases are reviewed and potentially shifted to recovered status. This work is ongoing.

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.

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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.

Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff

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, Saskatchewan’s 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.

Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW Staff

Public Health Measures

For more information on the current public health measures or to see the Public Health Order, visit www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-measures.

General COVID-19 Information

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

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