Five Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. Two new deaths in the 80-plus age group were reported in the Regina zone; two new deaths in the 70 to 79 age group were reported in the Far North West (1) and North West (1) zones, and one new death in the 30 to 39 age group was reported in the South West zone. That brings the total number of deaths in the province to 204.
There are 248 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Jan. 12, 2021.
The new cases are located in the Saskatoon (53), Regina (37), North West (30), North Central (26), Far North East (20), Far North West (11), South East (11), Central East (10), South Central (8), North East (5), Far North Central (2), Central West (2), and South West (2) zones.
Seven of the new cases in the South Central are located in the South Central 2 sub-zone, which includes Moose Jaw and area.
Thirty-one new cases have pending residence information.
Twenty-seven cases with pending residence information were assigned to North Central (10), Far North East (9), Far North West (6), and North West (2) zones.
There are now 18,770 reported cases, including 3,752 active cases.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 321 (26.5 new cases per 100,000 population).
As of Jan. 12, a total of 9,880 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Saskatchewan
On Jan. 11, 903 of these doses were administered in Regina (219), Saskatoon (81), Prince Albert (210), the Far North West (88), the Far North Central (64), the Far North East (122) and North East (119) zones.
This brings the totals to 2,069 doses and 1,449 second doses of Pfizer in the Regina pilot program; 2,928 Pfizer doses in Saskatoon; 824 Pfizer doses in Prince Albert; 684 Moderna doses in the Far North West zone; 226 Moderna doses in the Far North Central zone; 1,193 Moderna doses in the Far North East zone; and 507 Moderna doses in the North East zone.
Two hundred and twenty-six more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 14,814 recoveries.
One hundred and ninety-one people are in hospital. One hundred and sixty-two people are receiving inpatient care in the following zones: Saskatoon (42), Regina (42), North Central (34), North East (12), North West (10), South East (10), Central East (9), Far North East (1), Far North Central (1), and South Central (1). Twenty-nine people are in intensive care in the following zones: Saskatoon (14), Regina (9), North Central (4), North West (1), and Central East (1).
There were 1,995 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan. To date, 456,045 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.
