Two Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. Both deaths are in the 80-plus age group, with one reported in the North Central zone and one reported in the Saskatoon zone. That brings the total number of deaths in the province to 206.
There are 247 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Jan. 13, 2021.
The new cases are located in the Saskatoon (82), North Central (27), North East (27), North West (24), Regina (23), Far North West (12), South East (11), Far North Central (10), Far North East (9), Central East (8), and Central West (1) zones.
Thirteen new cases have pending residence information.
Eighteen cases with pending residence information were assigned to the North Central (8), North West (5). Far North West (3), Far North East (1), and North East (1) zones.
There are now 19,017 reported cases, including 3,748 active cases.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 316 (26.1 new cases per 100,000 population).
As of Jan. 13, a total of 10,400 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Saskatchewan. The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) does note, however, that not all vaccine reports for Jan. 13 have not yet been received. More information will be available tomorrow.
Two hundred and five people are in hospital. One hundred and sixty-nine people are receiving inpatient care in the following zones: Regina (43), Saskatoon (43), North Central (35), North East (13), North West (12), South East (10), Central East (9), Far North Central (1), Far North East (1), Central West (1), and South Central (1). Thirty-six people are in intensive care in the following zones: Saskatoon (17), Regina (10), North Central (6), North West (2), and Central East (1).
Two hundred and forty-nine more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 15,063 recoveries.
There were 2,620 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on Jan. 12, 2021. A total of 458,665 COVID-19 tests have been processed.
For more information, visit www.saskatchewan.ca/COVID19. You can find the maps and the breakdown of cases by region on the government's website.
