If the math seems hinky when it comes to the number of deaths in the province due to COVID-19 it’s because three deaths (two in the Regina zone and one in the South East zone) have been removed from the Deaths Due to COVID-19 number as it has been determined they were not COVID-19 related. As of Wednesday’s reporting for COVID-19, there have been 226 deaths due to COVID-19 in Saskatchewan since the pandemic began.
Four more people who tested positive for COVID-19 have died as of Wednesday’s update from the Ministry of Health. One person in their 60’s from Regina, another in their 70’s from North Central and two seniors, one each, from the Saskatoon zone and South East, in their 80’s, have died.
There are 234 new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, , bringing the provincial total to date to 21,112 cases. Due to a technical issue, current hospitalization data is not available and will be updated in Thursday’s report.
Daily COVID-19 Statistics
The new cases are located in the Far North West (27), Far North Central (1), Far North East (18), North West (39), North Central (9), North East (17), Saskatoon (66), Central West (6), Central East (15), Regina (23), South West (1), South Central (2) and South East (8) zones and two (2) new cases have pending residence information
Twenty-five cases with pending residence information were assigned to the Far North West (13), North West (8), North Central (2), Saskatoon (1) and Regina (1) zones.
Seven Saskatchewan residents tested out-of-province, were added to the counts for the following zones: Central East (1), Far North East (2), Far North West (3) and Saskatoon (1).
A total of 17,184 individuals have recovered and 3,702 cases are considered active. There were 2,559 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on January 19, 2021.
To date, 479,092 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of January 18, 2021 when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 275,596 people tested per million population. The national rate was 444,549 people tested per million population.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 298 (24.6 new cases per 100,000 population) and is now available on the Government of Saskatchewan website. This chart compares today’s average to data collected over the past several months. Please visit https://dashboard.saskatchewan.ca/health-wellness/covid-19/seven-day-average-of-new-covid-cases.
Reporting Information
The Ministry of Health and Saskatchewan Health Authority continue to ensure that public reporting of COVID-19 cases reflects current, active case counts including those who require hospital care. Starting today (weds), the reporting database is being updated to reconcile a significant backlog in the number of recoveries and these will be reflected in the daily case statistics. This adjustment will occur over the next few days.
Vaccine Delivery
There were 2,658 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered yesterday in Saskatchewan – this brings the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 24,575.
The doses were administered in the following zones: Regina (774), Saskatoon (444), North Central (460), North West (348), Far North East (80), Far North West (11), Far North Central (9), Central East (485) and South East (47). No data reported January 19, 2021 for the North East zone.
For a listing of first and second doses in Saskatchewan administered by geographic zone, visit https://www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-vaccine-update.
Pfizer has announced that Canada will receive zero doses for the week of January 25 but the shipment received this week will permit for limited vaccinations to continue next week.
Further statistics on the total number of cases among healthcare workers, breakdowns of total cases by source of infection, age, sex and region, total tests to date and the per capita testing rate can be found on the Government of Saskatchewan website.
