There were 3,232 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered Jan. 16 in Saskatchewan – the highest one-day total to date.
This brings the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 20,159.
Included in the total was 1,145 doses for the South East region. The location for those vaccines was not disclosed, but the government said previously that it planned to start administering the vaccine in Weyburn, where there have been outbreaks at the Weyburn General Hospital and two wings of the Weyburn Special Care Home.
Two people in Weyburn have died from COVID-19.
The other doses were administered in the following zones: Regina (453), Saskatoon (749), North Central (766), Far North West (77) and Far North East (42) regions. No data for Jan. 15 or 16 from the Far North Central is available at this time.
During the weekend, 975 doses of the Pfizer vaccine were sent to North Battleford. Clinics begin Jan. 18 for priority health care workers. The following day, the vaccine will be provided to long-term care residents and staff in North Battleford, Wilkie and Lloydminster.
Due to work to expand its European manufacturing facility, production of the Pfizer vaccine will be impacted for a few weeks. Pfizer is temporarily reducing deliveries, potentially by half, to all countries receiving vaccine manufactured at this facility, including Canada.
In Saskatchewan, vaccines will continue to be administered as received according to priority sequence.
There are 287 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Jan. 17, bringing the provincial total to date to 20,272 cases.
Three Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. One reported death was in the 60-69 age group in the Far North West zone. Two new deaths in the 80+ age group were reported in the North Central and Regina zones.
A total of 215 people with COVID-19 have died in Saskatchewan since mid-March.
Thirteen new cases have been diagnosed in the South East region. None of them are from South East Zone 4, which includes Estevan. Four new cases are in Zone 3, which includes Weyburn; three new cases are in Zone 2, which is north of Zone 4, and six are in Zone 1, which is northwest of Zone 4.
The number of active cases in Zone 4 remains at 35. There are 285 active cases in the South East region.
Eight hundred cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed in the South East since mid-March.
The other new cases in Saskatchewan are located in the Far North West (34), Far North Central (one), Far North East (10), North West (21), North Central (23), North East (33), Saskatoon (94), Central West (three), Central East (nine), Regina (37) and South West (one) zones while eight new cases have pending residence information.
Another 207 people are considered to be recovered, including one more from the South East, bringing the total number of recoveries to 15,936 individuals
There are 4,121 cases that are considered active.
Two hundred and three people are in hospital. One hundred and seventy people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (3), Far North Central (1), North West (9), North Central (27), North East (11), Saskatoon (57), Central West (1), Central East (8), Regina (40), South West (1), South Central (1) and South East (11). The number of people in hospital in the South East is up one from the previous day.
Thirty-three people are in intensive care: North West (2), North Central (3), Saskatoon (16), Central East (1), Regina (10) and South Central (1).
There were 2,332 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on Jan. 16, including 188 from the South East.
To date, 470,793 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of Jan. 15, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 272,809 people tested per million population. The national rate was 438,598 people tested per million population.
Further statistics on the total number of cases among healthcare workers, breakdowns of total cases by source of infection, age, sex and region, total tests to date and the per capita testing rate can be found on the Government of Saskatchewan website.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 308 (25.5 new cases per 100,000 population).
