As of January 6, a total of 4,524 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Saskatchewan. This includes 2,069 Pfizer doses in the Regina pilot program, 2,407 Pfizer doses in Saskatoon, and 48 Moderna doses in the Far North East and Far North Central zones.
Three thousand, nine hundred doses of Pfizer are expected to arrive in Prince Albert Jan. 6, with administration to follow soon after.
The Government of Saskatchewan will be allocating all remaining Moderna doses received to date to the Far North East and North East zones. They will be shipped as soon as possible and priority sequencing of eligible residents for these zones will include residents and staff of long-term care and personal care homes and front-line health care workers.
Residents currently eligible under the vaccination prioritization schedule (health care workers, long term care and personal care home residents) will be contacted by immunization clinic teams with details about clinic locations and requirements when they are able to receive the vaccine.
The way people are contacted may vary by community, with more details to come. The Government of Saskatchewan will alert additional priority groups when they are eligible to receive vaccine as allotments permit, according to the priority sequence.
There are 277 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Jan. 6, bringing the provincial total to date to 16,804 cases.
Nine Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. Two new deaths were recorded in 80+ age group in South East. No further information was immediately available.
One new death was recorded in the 60-69 age group in Central West. Three new deaths were recorded in Regina: two in the 80+ age group and one is in the 20-29 age group. One new death was recorded in the 80+ age group in North Central.
Two new deaths were recorded in Saskatoon: one in the 60-69 age group and one in the 50-59 age group.
There are 16 new cases in the South East. Two are in South East Zone 4, which includes Estevan. There are also seven new cases in Zone 3, which includes Weyburn, five in Zone 2, which is to the north of Zone 4, and two in Zone 1, which is to the northwest of Zone 1.
Fourteen cases in Zone 4 are considered active. A total of 165 cases in the southeast are now listed as active.
There have been 555 cases in the South East region since mid-March.
The other new cases are located in the Far North West (three), Far North Central (one), Far North East (32), North West (18), North Central (40), North East (two), Saskatoon (44), Central West (two), Central East (four), Regina (70), South West (one), and South Central (two) zones. Forty-two new cases have pending residence information.
Another 439 people are listed as recovered, bringing the provincial total to 13,737. Sixteen of the recoveries are from the southeast. There are 2,893 cases considered active.
One hundred and seventy-two people are in hospital. One hundred and forty-three people are receiving inpatient care in the following zones: Far North West (1); Far North Central (1), Far North East (1); North West (6); North Central (28); North East (3); Saskatoon (37); Central East (6); Regina (48); South West (1); South Central (2); and South East (9).
Twenty-nine people are in intensive care in the following zones: North West (2); North Central (3); Saskatoon (10); Central East (1); and Regina (13).
There were 2,094 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on Jan. 5, including 147 from the South East.
To date, 439,515 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan, including 23,204 from the South East. As of January 4, 2021 when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 261,545 people tested per million population. The national rate was 377,252 people tested per million population.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 233 (19.2 new cases per 100,000 population).
