There are 312 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Jan. 14, bringing the provincial total to date to 19,329 cases.
Twenty-four new cases are from the South East region. Eight cases are from South East Zone 4, which includes Estevan. There are three new cases in Zone 3, which includes Weyburn, eight in Zone 2, which is to the north of Zone 4, and five in Zone 1, which is northwest of Zone 4.
Thirty-five cases in Zone 4 are considered active, the highest number of active cases in the zone to date, but still the lowest number of active cases in the South East. A total of 260 cases in the South East are listed as active.
There have been 731 cases of COVID-19 in the South East since mid-March.
The other new cases in Saskatchewan are located in the Far North West (14), Far North Central (eight), Far North East (29), North West (18), North Central (39), North East (seven), Saskatoon (99), Central West (two), Central East (seven), Regina (51), South West (one) South Central (seven zones), and six new cases have pending residence information.
There are no new deaths to report for January 14.
Another 204 people are classified as having recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries to 15,264. Thirteen of the recoveries are from the South East, including one in Zone 4.
A total of 3,859 cases are considered active.
Two hundred and six people are in hospital. One hundred and seventy-three people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (1), Far North Central (2), Far North East (1), North West (13), North Central (34), North East (13), Saskatoon (47), Central West (1), Central East (8), Regina (42), South Central (1) and South East (10). The number of hospitalizations is the same as Jan. 13.
Thirty-three people are in intensive care: North West (2), North Central (5), Saskatoon (15), Central East (1), and Regina (10).
There were 3,270 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on Jan. 13, including 230 from the South East.
To date, 461,935 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of Jan. 12, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 269,310 people tested per million population. The national rate was 393,240 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 313 (25.9 new cases per 100,000 population).
As of Jan. 14, a total of 11,985 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Saskatchewan.
On Jan. 13, 1,393 doses were administered in the Regina (393), the Saskatoon (435), the North Central (295), the Far North West (121), the Far North Central (11), the Far North East (30) and North East (108) zones.
On Jan. 12, 664 doses were administered in the Regina (90), the Saskatoon (174), the North Central (139), the Far North West (130), the Far North Central (20), the Far North East (11) and the North East (100) zones.
This now includes 192 doses administered in the far north regions that were reported on January 12 and 13, following the case news releases of those days being posted.
This brings the totals to 2,353 doses and 1,648 second doses of Pfizer in Regina; 3,433 doses and 104 second doses of Pfizer in Saskatoon; 1,258 Pfizer doses in the North Central zone; 956 Moderna doses in the Far North West zone; 257 Moderna doses in the Far North Central zone; 1,261 Moderna doses in the Far North East zone; and 715 Moderna doses in the North East zone.
The vaccination of seniors aged 70+ in the Wakaw and Cudworth areas begins tomorrow. This clinic was by appointment only and is now fully booked.
