There are 258 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Jan. 30, bringing the provincial total to date to 23,626 cases.
Eight Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. One reported death was in the 60-69 age group from the North Central zone; three reported deaths were in the 70-79 age group from the Central East (1), Far North East (1) and Saskatoon (1) zones; and four reported deaths were in the 80+ age group from the North Central (1), Regina (1) and Saskatoon (2) zones.
The Ministry of Health is updating data reporting systems. As such, it is anticipated that the COVID-19 dashboard will be unavailable until Monday, February 1. The case news release and map of current cases will continue to be issued daily based on a separate data reporting process.
Consequently, the number of new cases and active cases for the different sub-zones, including the South East Zone 4 that includes Estevan, is unavailable and has been unavailable for several days.
Also not available is the number of recoveries and tests administered for the South East as a whole.
The new cases are located in the Far North West (10), Far North Central (6), Far North East (20), North West (40), North Central (26), North East (14), Saskatoon (45), Central West (1), Central East (9), Regina (53), South West (5), South Central (2) and South East (18) zones, and nine have pending residence information.
Another 228 people have recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries to 20,803, while 2,523 cases are considered active.
Two hundred and six people are in hospital. One hundred and seventy-eight people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (4), Far North East (1), North West (15), North Central (26), North East (3), Saskatoon (70), Central East (13), Regina (40), South Central (1) and South East (5). Twenty-eight people are in intensive care: North West (3), North Central (1), Saskatoon (12), Central East (2), and Regina (10).
There were 3,036 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on Jan. 29.
To date, 506,179 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of January 28, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 282,972 people tested per million population. The national rate was 457,046 people tested per million population.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 244 (19.9 new cases per 100,000 population).
There were 148 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered Jan. 29 in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 35,239.
As of January 30, 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 (21), Saskatoon (66), Central East (22) and North Central (39).
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.
For a listing of first and second doses in Saskatchewan administered by geographic zone, visit https://www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-vaccine-update.
