Eight Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died.
Four new deaths in the 80-plus age group were reported in the Far North West (1), North West (1), Central East (1), and South East (1) zones. Two new deaths in the 60 to 69 age group were reported in the Regina and South Central zones. One new death in the 50 to 59 age group was reported in the North Central zone and one new death in the 30 to 39 age group was reported in the Regina zone.
That brings the total number of deaths in the province to 199.
There are 412 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan, as of Jan. 11, 2021.
The new cases are located in the Saskatoon (142), North West (102), North Central (95), Regina (88), Far North East (80), North East (48), South East (47), Far North West (33), Central East (23), South Central (12), Far North Central (9), Central West (4), and South West (1) zones.
Nine of the new cases in the South Central are located in the South Central 2 sub-zone, which includes Moose Jaw and area.
Thirty-five new cases have pending residence information.
Twenty-one cases with pending residence information were assigned to the North Central (8), Far North West (4), Far North East (4), Saskatoon (2), North West (1), North East (1), and Regina (1) zones.
There are now 18,522 reported cases, including 3,735 active cases.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 307 (25.4 new cases per 100,000 population).
As of Jan. 11, a total of 8,948 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Saskatchewan.
Eight hundred and thirty-three of these doses were administered Jan. 10 in Regina (222), Saskatoon (54), Prince Albert (117), the Far North East (234) and North East (206) zones.
This brings the totals to 2,069 doses and 1,230 second doses of Pfizer in the Regina pilot program; 2,847 Pfizer doses in Saskatoon; 613 Pfizer doses in Prince Albert; 596 Moderna doses in the Far North West zone; 134 Moderna doses in the Far North Central zone; 1,071 Moderna doses in the Far North East zone; and 388 Moderna doses in the North East zone.
A further 6,825 doses of the Pfizer vaccine, along with another 5,400 doses of the Moderna vaccine should arrive this week. The confirmed date of arrival and distribution locations will be announced later.
One hundred and ninety-seven people are in hospital. One hundred and sixty-six people are receiving inpatient care in the following zones: Saskatoon (46), Regina (44), North Central (33), North East (11), North West (10), South East (10), Central East (9), Far North West (1), Far North Central (1), and South Central (1). Thirty-one people are in intensive care in the following zones: Saskatoon (13), Regina (11), North Central (5), North West (1), and Central East (1).
One hundred and sixty-two more people have recovered, increasing the provincial total to 14,588 recoveries.
There were 3,222 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on Jan. 9 and 2,611 on Jan. 10. To date, 454,050 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan.
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.
