Seven Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. One reported death was in the 50 to 59 age group from the North East zone; three reported deaths were in the 70 to 79 age group from the North West (1), Saskatoon (1) and Regina (1) zones; and three reported deaths were in the 80-plus age group from the Regina (2) and North West (1) zones.
That brings the total number of deaths in the province 292.
There are 328 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on January 29, 2021.
The new cases are located in the Saskatoon (90), Regina (58), Far North West (30), North West (27), North Central (26), Central East (25), South East (19), Far North East (16), North East (13), Central West (9), Far North Central (3), South Central (3), and South West (1) zones.
Eight new cases have pending residence information.
One previously reported case with pending residence information was assigned to the North West (1) zone.
There are now 23,366 reported cases, including 2,499 active cases.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 247 (20.1 new cases per 100,000 population).
There were 308 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered yesterday in Saskatchewan. That brings the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 35,091. As of Jan. 29, 107 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 (233), Far North Central (33), Central East (22) and South East (20). Back-dated corrections submitted for Jan. 27 have realized an additional 111 doses of vaccine administered.
Two hundred and eighteen people are in hospital. One hundred and eighty-five people are receiving inpatient care in the following zones: Saskatoon (68), Regina (42), North Central (28), North West (16), Central East (14), South East (6), Far North West (4), North East (3), Far North East (1), Central West (1), South West (1), and South Central (1). Thirty-three people are in intensive care in the following zones: Saskatoon (15), Regina (11), North West (3), Central East (2), North Central (1), and South West (1).
Three hundred more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 20,575 recoveries.
There were 3,100 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on Jan. 28. To date, 503,143 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. Pleas note that, due to an update of reporting systems, the COVID-19 dashboard will be unavailable until Feb. 1.
