There are 149 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Jan. 27, bringing the provincial total to date to 22,794 cases. Information about the number of cases in the Weyburn area were not available, but 15 new cases were added for the southeast region as a whole, with three people receiving inpatient hospital care.
Six Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. One reported death was in the 50-59 age group from the Saskatoon zone; one reported death was in the 60-69 age group from the North Central zone; and four reported deaths were in the 80+ age group from the Saskatoon zone.
The new cases are located in the Far North West (5), Far North Central (1), Far Northeast (3), Northwest (8), North Central (8), Northeast (8), Saskatoon (48), Central West (2), Central East (7), Regina (38), South Central (2) and Southeast (15) zones and four new cases have pending residence information.
Ten cases with pending residence information were assigned to the Far North West (5), Far North East (1), North West (3) and North Central (1) zones. One previously reported case has been deemed to be out-of-province and removed from the counts.
A total of 19,993 individuals have recovered and 2,527 cases are considered active.
There are 220 people in hospital, and 184 people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (5), Far North East (1), North West (15), North Central (30), North East (6), Saskatoon (70), Central West (2), Central East (11), Regina (39), South West (1), South Central (1) and South East (3). Thirty-six (36) people are in intensive care: North West (2), North Central (2), Saskatoon (18), Central East (1), Regina (12) and South West (1).
There were 429 administered doses of COVID-19 vaccine reported on Jan. 26 in Saskatchewan – this brings the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 34,615. As of Jan. 27, 106 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 (22), North West (58), Saskatoon (230) and Southeast (119). Back-dated corrections submitted for Jan. 25 have realized an additional 106 doses of vaccine administered.
There were 2,176 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on Jan. 26.
To date, 497,468 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of Jan. 25, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 282,334 people tested per million population. The national rate was 455,473 people tested per million population.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 242 (19.8 new cases per 100,000 population).
Public Health Measures
Enforcement of public health orders is permitted under The Public Health Act, 1994. Public health inspectors will be supported in their efforts to ticket violators quickly, to ensure that businesses and events are brought into compliance as quickly as possible in addition to the enforcement efforts that have been undertaken by police agencies throughout the province.
For more information on the current public health measures or to see the Public Health Order, visit www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-measures.
