A resident in the south zone who tested positive for COVID-19 has died. The person was in the 80-plus age category.

The government of Saskatchewan reported 259 new COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan on Thursday.

The new cases are located in the Far North West (9), Far North East (1), North West (21), North Central (20), North East (2), Saskatoon (50), Central West (3), Central East (3), Regina (112), South West (21), South Central (10) and South East (6) zones and one (1) new case have pending residence information.

Of the 10 new cases in the south central zone, nine are in Moose Jaw and the surrounding area.

There are 4,017 cases considered active, and 214 new recoveries were announced.

There are 128 people in the hospital, with 104 receiving inpatient care, and 24 in intensive care.

To date, 353,638 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of Dec. 1, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 224,447 people tested per million population. The national rate was 310,004 people tested per million population.

On Wednesday, 3,247 COVID-19 tests were processed in Saskatchewan.