Latest COVID update Dec. 27: 7 deaths, 559 new cases

Sunday’s COVID update isn’t just for the last 24 hours, it’s from Christmas Day to Sunday.

The province did not release a COVID update from Dec. 25 to Dec. 27, so Sunday’s numbers are higher than a usual daily update.

Over the past three days, seven people who contracted COVID-19 have died.

In the North West zone, two died in the 80+ age group and another in their 30’s. In the North Central zone, two deaths of people in their 70’s were recorded.

One new death in the 80+ age group was reported in Regina with another in the 80+ age group in the South East zone.

The province released the daily COVID totals for the three days, as well.

On Dec. 25, 229 new cases were recorded with no new deaths. Dec. 26 saw 132 new cases and no new deaths reported, with all seven deaths reported on Dec. 27 where 198 new cases were found.

All together over the three day span, 559 new cases were reported.

New cases were located in the far northwest (25), far northeast (44), northwest (41), north-central (104), northeast (22), Saskatoon (126), central-west (2), central-east (21), Regina (70), southwest (2), south-central (4) and southeast (11) zones. 87 new cases have pending residence information.

Of Saskatchewan’s 14,814 new cases, 3,398 are considered active with 11,275 recovered.

The provincial dashboard is reporting that 182 people are in hospital with 156 in inpatient care. An additional 26 are in intensive care.

Over the three days, 5,079 tests were performed (December 25: 2,422; December 26: 1,442; December 27: 1,215).

The seven-day average of daily new cases sits at 180.

The next COVID-19 update from the province is expected on Dec. 29.

Editor’s Note: A previous version of this story was incorrect in saying Saskatoon had 182 patients in hospital, 26 in intensive care. Those were the statistics for the entire province. The story has been updated with Saskatoon’s correct totals in the hospital, with 69 in hospital and 11 in intensive care.