The province reports 334 new cases on Jan. 7, with 33 of them in the southeast, which is the new single-day high for the region.
Estevan’s Zone 4 showed better results than the rest of the region with just one new case, which brought the total for active cases to 15. Other new cases in the southeast are located in Zone 1 to the northwest of the corner (15 new cases, total of 90 active cases), Zone 2 to the north (7 new cases, total of 24 active cases) and Weyburn’s Zone 3 (10 new cases, total of 46 active cases).
There are also 278 recoveries province-wide.
Three Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. One new death was recorded in the 70-79 age group in the Regina zone. Two new deaths were recorded in the 80+ age group in the North Central and Regina zones.
As of Jan. 7, a total of 4,832 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Saskatchewan. This includes 2,069 Pfizer doses in the Regina pilot program and 233 second doses, now being administered; 2,407 Pfizer doses in Saskatoon; and 123 Moderna doses in the Far North West zone.
Immunizations for eligible health care staff, as well as long term and personal care home residents, began this morning in Prince Albert. Testing and assessment physician Dr. Romashnee Moodlia and Herb Bassett Home long term care residents Muriel Sheldon and Dennis McCallum were among the first to receive the Pfizer vaccine. Prince Albert has now received 3,900 Pfizer doses, which will all be used as first doses. The Saskatchewan Health Authority will communicate clinic information to eligible staff and facilities.
An update on the COIVD-19 vaccination roll-out can be found at www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-vaccine.
An additional 100 Moderna doses have been allocated to Saskatchewan, increasing the Feb. 1 delivery to 5,400 doses. February allocations for the Pfizer vaccine have been confirmed at 11,700 arriving each week.
The provincial total for COVID-19 cases as of Jan. 7 was 17,138 cases.
The other new cases in the province are located in the Far North West (15), Far North Central (1), Far North East (24), North West (11), North Central (65), North East (14), Saskatoon (83), Central West (4), Central East (6), Regina (49), South West (1) and South Central (1) zones. And 27 new cases have pending residence information.
Six previously reported cases with pending residence information have been assigned to the Far North East (1), North West (4) and North Central (1) zones.
A total of 14,014 individuals have recovered and 2,947 cases are considered active.
One hundred and seventy-six people are in hospital. One hundred and forty-seven people are receiving inpatient care in the following zones: Far North Central (1), Far North East (1); North West (8); North Central (31); North East (3); Saskatoon (39); Central East (7); Regina (45); South Central (2); and South East (10). Twenty-nine people are in intensive care in the following zones: North West (2); North Central (5); Saskatoon (9); Central East (1); and Regina (12).
There were 2,548 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on Jan. 6.
To date, 442,063 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of Jan. 5, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 262,308 people tested per million population. The national rate was 378,928 people tested per million population.
