Latest COVID update Dec. 19: 78 new cases, 63 recoveries, no deaths

Active COVID cases went up slightly in Saskatchewan on Sunday.

There were 78 new cases, along with 63 new recoveries. The active total now sits at 576.

For the third straight day, there were no deaths from the virus reported.

According to the Ministry of Health:

• As of December 19th, there are 78 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 82,208 reported cases.
• The new cases are located in the Far North West (2), North Central (5), Saskatoon (25), Central West (1), Central East (9), Regina (21), South West (3), South Central (3), South East (8), and one (1) new case has pending residence information.
• Two (2) cases with pending residence information were assigned to the Far North West (from December 11 (1)), and Regina (from December 17 (1)) zones.
• One (1) repeated test was removed from the case counts in the North West (from December 17 (1)) zone.
• 82,208 cases are confirmed
  • 19,987 cases are from the North area (8,871 North West, 8,266 North Central, 2,850 North East)
  • 19,637 cases are from the Saskatoon area
  • 16,072 cases are from the Regina area
  • 10,362 cases are from the South area (2,204 South West, 3,017 South Central, 5,141 South East)
  • 9,398 cases are from the Far North area (4,421 Far North West, 541 Far North Central, 4,436 Far North East)
  • 6,209 cases are from the Central area (1,449 Central West, 4,760 Central East)
  • 543 cases have pending residence information
• 576 cases are considered active and 80,690 cases are considered recovered.
• Almost one-third (30.8%) of new cases are in the age category of 40 to 59.
• Nearly two-third (63.9%) of new cases eligible for vaccination (aged 5 years and older) were fully vaccinated.
• As of December 19th, a total of 105 individuals are hospitalized; including 72 inpatient hospitalizations, and 33 ICU hospitalizations. Of the 105 patients, 66 (62.9%) were not fully vaccinated.
• In addition to SK ICUs, there are no (0) residents in an out-of-province ICUs.
• No (0) new deaths reported today. 942 Saskatchewan residents with COVID-19 have died with a case fatality rate of 1.1%
• 1,310,104 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of December 16th, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers are available from PHAC, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 1,105,357 tests performed per million population. The national rate was 1,323,947 tests performed per million population.
• The  7-day average of new COVID-19 cases is 56 (4.7 new cases per 100,000).