There are 238 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Jan. 31, bringing the provincial total to date to 23,864 cases.
Four Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died, including one in the South East region in the 60-69 age group. One reported death was in the 60-69 age group in the Far North West; one reported death was in the 50-59 age group in the North West; and one reported death was in the 80+ age group in the Regina (1) zone.
There have been 304 people who have died from COVID-19 in Saskatchewan since mid-March 2020.
The Ministry of Health is updating data reporting systems. As such, it is anticipated that the COVID-19 dashboard will be unavailable until Feb. 1. It means that the updated numbers for each of the sub-zones, including Estevan’s South East Zone 4, are unavailable. The numbers have not been updated since Jan. 26.
Data that is currently unavailable includes new cases and active cases for each sub-zone, and recoveries and tests administered for the region.
The case news release and map of current cases will continue to be issued daily based on a separate data reporting process.
The new cases in Saskatchewan are located in the Far North West (25), Far North East (24), North West (29), North Central (19), Saskatoon (82), Central West (1), Central East (8), Regina (26), South West (1), South Central (1) and South East (10) regions, and 12 cases have pending residence information.
Another 223 people are listed as recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries to 21,026. A total of 2,534 cases are considered active.
Two hundred and three (203) people are in hospital. One hundred and seventy-two (172) people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (3), Far North East (1), North West (19), North Central (25), North East (3), Saskatoon (64), Central East (11), Regina (40), South Central (1) and South East (5).
Thirty-one (31) people are in intensive care: North West (2), North Central (1), Saskatoon (13), Central East (4), and Regina (11).
There were 2,459 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on Jan. 30.
To date, 508,638 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of Jan. 29, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 284,971 people tested per million population. The national rate was 458,706 people tested per million population.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 241 (19.7 new cases per 100,000 population).
There were 120 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered Jan. 30 in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 35,359. As of Jan. 31, 108 per cent of the doses received have been administered. This overage is due to efficiencies in drawing extra doses from vials of vaccine received.
The doses were administered in the following zones: Far North Central (11) and Saskatoon (109) zones.
With the recent announcement of a reduction in deliveries of Pfizer and Moderna vaccine over the next four weeks, the vaccine distribution schedule is being adjusted to account for these delays. Due to this development, some communities originally slated to receive first doses will see delays. Swift Current and Regina were slated to receive vaccine delivery next week for first dose administration to priority groups, but that will be rescheduled.
