There are 227 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Jan. 21, bringing the provincial total to date to 21,338 cases.
Thirteen Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. One reported death was in the 60-69 age group from Saskatoon; there was one reported death in the 70-79 age group in each of the Far North Central, North Central, and Saskatoon zones; and nine reported deaths were in the 80+ age group, with six in Saskatoon, and one each in the Far North East, North Central and South East zones.
Twelve new cases are in the South East region. Two new cases are located in South East Zone 4, which includes Estevan.
There are six new cases in Zone 1, which is northwest of Zone 4; and two each in Zone 2 (north of Zone 4) and Zone 3 (west of Zone 4).
Zone 4 currently has 32 active cases. There are 228 active cases in the South East region.
The other new cases are located in the Far North West (14), Far North Central (6), Far North East (7), North West (18), North Central (21), North East (11), Saskatoon (62), Central West (4), Central East (12), Regina (50), South West (2) and South Central (4) zones, and four (4) new cases have pending residence information.
Another 816 people have recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries to 18,000. Seventeen of the new recoveries are located in the South East.
The Ministry of Health and Saskatchewan Health Authority say they continue to ensure that public reporting of COVID-19 cases reflects current, active case counts including those who require hospital care. It was noted earlier this week the reporting database is being updated to reconcile a significant backlog in the number of recoveries and these will be reflected in the daily case statistics over the coming days. Reporting procedures will be amended to ensure such reconciliations are not required going forward. A total of 3,099 cases are considered active.
One hundred and ninety-seven people are in hospital. One hundred and sixty-six people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (6), Far North East (1), North West (13), North Central (18), North East (6), Saskatoon (59), Central West (1), Central East (12), Regina (40), South West (1), South Central (1) and South East (8). The number of people in hospital in the South East is down two from Jan. 20.
Thirty-one people are in intensive care: North West (3), North Central (4), Saskatoon (14), Regina (9) and South Central (1).
There were 2,764 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on January 20, 2021.
To date, 481,856 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of Jan. 19, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 276,440 people tested per million population. The national rate was 446,372 people tested per million population.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 286 (23.6 new cases per 100,000 population).ovid-cases.
There were 2,548 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered on Jan. 20 in Saskatchewan – this brings the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 29,781.
Saskatchewan now has one of the highest rates of vaccinations administered in Canada, but the pace of vaccinations will slow in the coming days with the supply of vaccines running short and no new vaccine deliveries from the federal government scheduled next week. As of Jan. 21, 91 per cent of the doses received in Saskatchewan have been administered.
The doses for Jan. 20 were administered in the following zones: Regina (800), Saskatoon (400), North Central (185), North West (418), Far North East (30), Far North Central (10), Central East (175) and South East (530). No data reported January 20, 2021 for the Far North West and North East zones.
Administration of the first dose has been completed for long-term care homes in more than 40 communities across the province. This includes Saskatoon, Prince Albert and a range of communities across rural and northern Saskatchewan, with Regina being completed today.
The province received 2,925 doses of Pfizer vaccine late on Tuesday, which are currently being distributed for administration to priority populations in the Battleford area, Lloydminster, Regina and Fort Qu’Appelle.
The National Advisory Council on Immunization (NACI) now recommends an extended interval between first and second doses up to 42 days where operationally necessary. This is supported by the World Health Organization and Canada’s chief medical officers of health. Previously, second doses were to occur between 21 and 28 days, depending on the vaccine brand. Saskatchewan will be implementing these recommendations of up to 42 days where operationally necessary in order to deliver more first doses to eligible people.
