There are 312 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on January 14, 2021, bringing the provincial total to date to 19,329 cases.
The new cases are located in the Far North West (14), Far North Central (8), Far North East (29), North West (18), North Central (39), North East (7), Saskatoon (99), Central West (2), Central East (7), Regina (51), South West (1), South Central (7) and South East (24) zones and six new cases have pending residence information.
Sixteen cases with pending residence information were assigned to the Far North West (2); Far North Central (3); Far North East (1); North West (2); North Central (6); North East (1); and Saskatoon (1) zones.
There are no new deaths to report for January 14.
A total of 15,264 individuals have recovered and 3,859 cases are considered active.
Two hundred and six people are in hospital. One hundred and seventy-three people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (1), Far North Central (2), Far North East (1), North West (13), North Central (34), North East (13), Saskatoon (47), Central West (1), Central East (8), Regina (42), South Central (1) and South East (10). Thirty-three people are in intensive care: North West (2), North Central (5), Saskatoon (15), Central East (1), and Regina (10).
There were 3,270 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on January 13, 2021.
To date, 461,935 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan. As of January 12, 2021 when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 269,310 people tested per million population. The national rate was 393,240 people tested per million population.
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. Please visit www.saskatchewan.ca/government/health-care-administration-and-provider-resources/treatment-procedures-and-guidelines/emerging-public-health-issues/2019-novel-coronavirus/cases-and-risk-of-covid-19-in-saskatchewan.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 313 (25.9 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.
As of January 14, a total of 11,985 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Saskatchewan.
On January 13, 1,393 doses were administered in the Regina (393), the Saskatoon (435), the North Central (295), the Far North West (121), the Far North Central (11), the Far North East (30) and North East (108) zones.
On January 12, 664 doses were administered in the Regina (90), the Saskatoon (174), the North Central (139), the Far North West (130), the Far North Central (20), the Far North East (11) and the North East (100) zones.
This now includes 192 doses administered in the far north regions that were reported on January 12 and 13, following the case news releases of those days being posted.
This brings the totals to 2,353 doses and 1,648 second doses of Pfizer in Regina; 3,433 doses and 104 second doses of Pfizer in Saskatoon; 1,258 Pfizer doses in the North Central zone; 956 Moderna doses in the Far North West zone; 257 Moderna doses in the Far North Central zone; 1,261 Moderna doses in the Far North East zone; and 715 Moderna doses in the North East zone.
Weekly Reporting of Testing Numbers and Cases for Youth
The trends of COVID-19 cases in school-aged children are being monitored. The weekly report of cases and testing numbers for children aged 0-19, including data by age and positivity rates, has been posted at www.saskatchewan.ca/COVID19-Safe-Schools-Plan.
