Saskatchewan reported three new COVID-related deaths Saturday. The daily report also showed a jump in hospitalizations with 244 people now receiving care in hospital, 26 of which are in an ICU. When it comes to new cases, the province reported 1,483 new infections. Saskatoon accounted for 362 of the new cases while Regina tallied 298 new infections. 12,617 cases are considered active and the seven-day average for new cases now sits at 1,292.

Below are the highlights posted to the Government of Saskatchewan’s website:

• As of January 22nd, there are 1,483 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 107,842 reported cases 
• The new cases are located in the Far North West (22), Far North Central (9), Far North East (31), North West (77), North Central (53), North East (56), Saskatoon (362), Central West (30), Central East (131), Regina (298), South West (50), South Central (102), and South East (151) zones, and 111 new cases have pending residence information 
• Of the 1,483 new cases reported today, 284 were unvaccinated or fewer than 21 days after their first dose, 79 had received their first dose or were less than 21 days from their second dose, 809 were fully vaccinated (more than 14 days since their second dose) and 311 were fully vaccinated and more than 14 days from receiving their booster dose
• 92 cases with pending residence information were assigned to the Far North West (3), North West (30), North Central (27), North East (3), Saskatoon (7), Central West (1), Central East (7), Regina (11), and South East (3) zones. 
• 31 SK residents tested out-of-province were added to the North Central (3), Saskatoon (14), Regina (11), South Central (2), and South East (1) zones
• 107,842 cases are confirmed 
  • 27,569 cases are from the Saskatoon area 
  • 23,261 cases are from the North area (10,177 North West, 9,656 North Central, 3,428 North East) 
  • 22,729 cases are from the Regina area 
  • 14,189 cases are from the South area (2,940 South West, 4,189 South Central, 7,060 South East) 
  • 10,132 cases are from the Far North area (4,787 Far North West, 578 Far North Central, 4,767 Far North East) 
  • 8,512 cases are from the Central area (1,959 Central West, 6,553 Central East) 
  • 1,450 cases have pending residence information 
• 12,617 cases are considered active and 94,253 cases are considered recovered 
• Less than two-fifths (36.3 %) of new cases are in the age category of 20 to 39 
• As of January 22nd, a total of 244 individuals are hospitalized; including 218 inpatient hospitalizations, and 26 ICU hospitalizations. Of the 244 patients, 86 (35.2%) were not fully vaccinated 
• The SHA dashboard includes 244 hospitalizations: 218 residents are inpatient: of those, 90 inpatient hospitalizations are a COVID-19 – related illness, 97 are incidental COVID infections, and 31 have not yet been determined. 24 residents are in ICUs: of those, 19 are for COVID-19 – related illnesses, 4 are for incidental COVID infections, and 1 is undetermined. 2 residents are in PICU/NICU: 1 is a COVID-19 – related illnesses, and 1 incidental COVID infection 
• Three (3) new deaths reported today. A total of 972 Saskatchewan residents with COVID-19 have died with a case fatality rate of 0.9% 
• 1,408,037 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of January 19, 2022, when other provincial and national numbers are available from PHAC, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 1,180,087 tests performed per million. The national rate of 1,453,815 tests performed per million. 
• The 7-day average of new COVID-19 case numbers was 1,292 ( 107.3 new cases per 100,000)