Eight Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. One reported death was in the 60 to 69 age group from the North Central zone; three reported deaths were in the 70 to 79 age group from the Central East (1), Far North East (1) and Saskatoon (1) zones; and four reported deaths were in the 80-plus age group from the Saskatoon (2), North Central (1), and Regina (1) zones.
That brings the total number of deaths in the province to 300.
There are 258 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Jan. 30, 2021.
The new cases are located in the Regina (53), Saskatoon (45), North West (40), North Central (26), Far North East (20), South East (18), North East (14), Far North West (10), Central East (9), Far North Central (6), South West (5), South Central (2), and Central West (1) zones.
Nine cases are pending residence information.
One case (from Dec. 6 in the Far North East) was deemed to be an out-of-province resident and removed from the case counts.
Three cases were deemed to be Saskatchewan residents tested out of province and added to the case counts in the Far North East.
Seven cases with pending residence information were assigned to the North West (3), Far North West (1), Far North Central (1), North Central (1), and Central West (1) zones.
There are now 23,626 cases, including 2,523 active cases.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 244 (19.9 new cases per 100,000 population).
There were 148 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered yesterday in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 35,239. As of Jan. 30, 108 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: Saskatoon (66), North Central (39). Central East (22), and Far North Central (21).
Two hundred and six people are in hospital. One hundred and seventy-eight people are receiving inpatient care in the following zones: Saskatoon (70), Regina (40), North Central (26), North West (15), Central East (13), South East (5), Far North West (4), North East (3), Far North East (1), and South Central (1). Twenty-eight people are in intensive care in the following zones: Saskatoon (12), Regina (10), North West (3), Central East (2), and North Central (1).
Two hundred and twenty-eight more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 20,803 recoveries.
There were 3,036 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on Jan. 29. To date, 506,179 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. Please note that, because the Ministry of Health is updating data reporting systems, the COVID-19 dashboard will be unavailable until Feb. 1.
