There are 274 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Jan. 23, bringing the provincial total to date to 21,917 cases.
Three Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. One death reported was in the 50-59 age group from the North Central zone. One death reported was in the 60-69 age group from the Far North East zone. One death reported was in the 80+ age group from the Far North West zone.
Eleven new cases are in the South East region. None of the new cases are in Estevan’s Zone 4. Six new cases are in South East Zone 1, to the northwest of Zone 4; and five new cases are in Zone 2, to the north of Zone 4.
The number of active cases in Zone 4 remains at 34, and the number of active cases in the South East is 219.
The other new cases are located in the Far North West (50), Far North Central (10), Far North East (16), North West (41), North Central (19), North East (16), Saskatoon (51), Central West (3), Central East (5), Regina (41) and South West (1) regions, and 10 new cases have pending residence information.
Another 306 people are listed as recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries to 18,506. Twenty-one of the new recoveries are from the South East. There are 3,161 active cases in Saskatchewan.
One hundred and ninety-seven people are in hospital. One hundred and sixty-two people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (4), North West (13), North Central (22), Saskatoon (70), Central West (2), Central East (8), Regina (36), South West (2), South Central (1) and South East (4). The number of people in hospital in the South East is down three from Jan. 22.
Thirty-five people are in intensive care: North West (2), North Central (4), Saskatoon (18), Central East (1), Regina (9) and South Central (1).
There were 3,252 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on Jan. 22, including 280 from the South East.
To date, 488,255 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of January 21, 2021 when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 278,554 people tested per million population. The national rate was 452,162 people tested per million population.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 276 (22.8 new cases per 100,000 population) and is now available on the Government of Saskatchewan website.
There were 1,110 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered on Jan. 22 in Saskatchewan - this brings the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 32,385. As of Jan. 22, 96 per cent of the doses received have been administered.
Saskatchewan now has the highest percentage of administration of doses received of any province in Canada.
The doses were administered in the following zones: Regina (148), Saskatoon (34), Far North Central (9), Far North East (10), North East (56), North West (449), Central East (320) and South East (84) zones.
For a listing of first and second doses in Saskatchewan administered by geographic zone, visit https://www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-vaccine-update.
