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COVID-19 update: Recoveries significantly surpass new cases, 14 new deaths

There were 362 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered Jan. 25 in Saskatchewan – this brings the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 34,080. As of Jan. 25, 104 per cent of the doses received have been administered.
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There were 362 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered Jan. 25 in Saskatchewan – this brings the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 34,080.  As of Jan. 25, 104 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 West (22), North East (23), North West (66), Central East (10), and Saskatoon (241). Back-dated corrections submitted for the period Jan. 17-24 have realized an additional 365 doses of vaccine administered. 

For a listing of first and second doses in Saskatchewan administered by geographic zone, visit https://www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-vaccine-update.

Daily COVID-19 Statistics

There are 232 new cases of COVID-19 and 839 recoveries to report in Saskatchewan on Jan. 26, bringing the provincial total to date to 22,646 cases.

Fourteen Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. One reported death in the 40-49 age group from the North Central zone; two reported deaths in the 50-59 age group from the Regina and Saskatoon zones; two reported deaths in the 60-69 age group from the Saskatoon zone; three reported deaths in the 70-79 age group from the Regina, Saskatoon and South East zones; six reported deaths in the 80+ age group from the Far North West, North Central, Regina, South East and Saskatoon (2) zones.

There are six new cases in South East region, with four of them in Zone 1, one in Zone 2, one in Weyburn’s Zone 3 and none in Estevan’s Zone 4. There are currently 37 active cases in Estevan’s zone.

The other new cases are located in the Far North West (23), Far North Central (3), Far North East (4), North West (45), North Central (31), North East (7), Saskatoon (47), Central West (3), Central East (4), Regina (46) and South Central (2) zones and 11 new cases have pending residence information.

Three cases with pending residence information were assigned to the Far North East (1), Far North West (1), and North Central (1) zones.

Two previously reported cases were deemed to be out-of-province and removed from the count for Far North West zone and pending category.

A total of 19,729 individuals have recovered and 2,665 cases are considered active.

Two hundred and eight (208) people are in hospital. One hundred and seventy-five (175) people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (5), North West (15), North Central (28), North East (2), Saskatoon (73), Central West (2), Central East (8), Regina (36), South West (1), South Central (1) and South East (4).  Thirty-three (33) people are in intensive care: North West (2), North Central (2), Saskatoon (15), Central East (1), Regina (11), South West (1) and South Central (1).

There were 2,160 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on Jan. 25.

To date, 495,292 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of Jan. 24,  when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 281,571 people tested per million population. The national rate was 454,554 people tested per million population.