Saskatchewan is reporting 1,069 new cases of COVID-19 Monday. Regina is reporting 343 new infections while Saskatoon accounted for 268 of the new cases. Hospitalizations are the same compared to Sunday’s report with 119 patients in hospital for the novel coronavirus. ICU admissions are down two with eleven Saskatchewan residents now in intensive care. While the province is expecting majority of the new cases are that of the Omicron variant, 1,428 cases have now been confirmed as that of the new strain in Saskatchewan, while 2,245 cases are presumed to be Omicron. Another jump in the number of active cases with 7,750 cases now considered active in the province. No new deaths were reported Monday.

Of the 108 residents receiving in-patient care, 59 were admitted for a COVID-19-related illness, 36 are incidental, or asymptomatic infections and 13 have not yet been determined.

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

• As of January 10th, there are 1,069 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 92,940 reported cases
• The new cases are located in the Far North West (8), Far North Central (), Far North East (2), North West (12), North Central (49), North East (15), Saskatoon (268), Central West (9), Central East (73), Regina (343), South West (32), South Central (62) and South East (92) zones and 104 new cases have pending residence information
• Ten cases were assigned to the North West (From January 5 (1), January 6 (4), January 7 (2)), North Central (from January 5 (3)), zones
• 11 SK residents tested positive out-of-province were added to the case counts in North West (from December 31 (1), January 4 (1), January 8 (1)), Saskatoon (from January 4 (1), January 5 (1), January 7 (2)), Central East (from January 8 (1)), and Regina (from January 3 (1), January 6 (1), January 7 (1)) zones
• 92,940 cases are confirmed
  • 22,965 cases are from the Saskatoon area
  • 20,888 cases are from the North area (9,198 North West, 8,646 North Central, 3,044 North East)
  • 18,988 cases are from the Regina area
  • 12,057 cases are from the South area (2,497 South West, 3,553 South Central, 6,007 South East)
  • 9,569 cases are from the Far North area (4,513 Far North West, 543 Far North Central, 4,513 Far North East)
  • 7,236 cases are from the Central area (1,677 Central West, 5,559 Central East)
  • 1,237 cases have pending residence information
• 7,750 cases are considered active and 84,229 cases are considered recovered
• Nearly one-half (44.6%) of new cases are in the age category of 20 to 39
• As of January 10th a total of 119 individuals are hospitalized, including 108 inpatient hospitalizations and 11 ICU hospitalizations. Of the 119 patients, 53 (44.5%) were not fully vaccinated.
• The SHA dashboard includes 119 hospitalizations: 108 residents are inpatient: of those, 59 inpatient hospitalizations are a COVID-19-related illness, 36 are incidental, asymptomatic infections and 13 have not yet been determined. 10 residents are in ICUs: of those, eight (8) are for COVID-19-related illnesses, two (2) are incidental, asymptomatic infections
• No (0) new death reported today. 961 Saskatchewan residents with COVID-19 have died, with a case fatality rate of 1.1%.
• 1,359,982 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of January 5, 2022, when other provincial and national numbers are available from PHAC, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 1,136,568 tests performed per million. The national rate of 1,403,367 tests performed per million.
• The 7-day average of new COVID-19 case numbers was 871 (72.3 new cases per 100,000)
• Since January 1, the New Cases by Vaccination Status table has shown a significant number of new cases as unvaccinated. This data is not accurate. This table is no longer featured on the dashboard until a review of the information is complete and the data rectified.