Hospitalizations, including infections in an I-C-U, because of positive COVID-19 tests continue to rise in Saskatchewan.
Wednesday’s dashboard update from the provincial government website showed 199 hospitalized individuals, up 10 from Tuesday, with 21 of those hospitalizations in the I-C-U, up three from Tuesday. Otherwise, there were 1,223 new cases of the novel coronavirus reported in Wednesday’s dashboard update, along with 1,147 recoveries. For a 14th straight day, there were no new COVID-19-related fatalities in Saskatchewan. That leaves 11,894 active cases of the virus in the province.
Highlights
- As of January 19th, there are 1,223 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 103,901 reported cases
- The new cases are located in the Far North West (15), Far North Central (6), Far North East (12), North West (45), North Central (66), North East (37), Saskatoon (307), Central West (11), Central East (62), Regina (304), South West (38), South Central (76), and South East (89) zones and 155 new cases have pending residence information
- 37 SK residents tested out of province prior to January 18 were added to Far North West (3), Far North East (1), North West (4), North Central (2), Saskatoon (11), Central East (1), Regina (9), South West (1), South Central (2), and South East (2) zones and 1 pending residence location.
- 103,901 cases are confirmed
- 26,409 cases are from the Saskatoon area
- 22,116 cases are from the North area (9,601 North West, 9,212 North Central, 3,303 North East
- 21,617 cases are from the Regina area
- 13,483 cases are from the South area (2,819 South West, 3,944 South Central, 6,720 South East)
- 9,857 cases are from the Far North area (4,668 Far North West, 557 Far North Central, 4,632 Far North East)
- 8,060 cases are from the Central area (1,858 Central West, 6,202 Central East)
- 2,359 cases have pending residence information
- 11,894 cases are considered active and 91,046 cases are considered recovered
- Almost two-fifths (37.0%) of new cases are in the age category of 20 to 39
- As of January 19th, a total of 199 individuals are hospitalized, including 178 inpatient hospitalizations and 21 ICU hospitalizations. Of the 178 inpatients, 90 are a COVID-19 related illness, 71 are incidental COVID infections, and 17 have not yet been determined. Of the 21 ICU patients, 15 are for COVID-19 related illnesses, five have incidental COVID-19 infections, and one is undetermined.
- No (0) new deaths reported today. 961 Saskatchewan residents with COVID-19 have died, with a case fatality rate of 0.9%.
- 1,393,234 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of January 16, 2022, when other provincial and national numbers are available from PHAC, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 1,170,809 tests performed per million. The national rate was 1,444,190 tests performed per million.
- The 7-day average of new COVID-19 case numbers was 1,240 (102.9 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.
Cases infected with a variant of concern (VoC), as of January 19, 2022
| Zone | VoCs Detected by Screening * |
VoCs Sequenced (WGS) |
Alpha (B.1.1.7) | Beta (B.1.351) | Gamma (P.1) | Delta (B.1.617.2) | Omicron (B.1.1.529) | Total Omicron VOC probable (Positive Screen) |
| Far North West | 339 | 783 | 212 | 23 | 546 | 2 | 8 | |
| Far North Central | 4 | 88 | 4 | 84 | ||||
| Far North East | 100 | 692 | 56 | 12 | 605 | 19 | 21 | |
| North West | 883 | 1,584 | 351 | 251 | 928 | 54 | 62 | |
| North Central | 668 | 1,493 | 345 | 9 | 26 | 1,064 | 49 | 44 |
| North East | 87 | 461 | 66 | 2 | 383 | 10 | 32 | |
| Saskatoon | 2,196 | 3,822 | 1,137 | 1 | 127 | 2,053 | 504 | 460 |
| Central West | 149 | 317 | 107 | 2 | 178 | 30 | 34 | |
| Central East | 655 | 1,342 | 405 | 5 | 851 | 81 | 124 | |
| Regina | 4,835 | 5,146 | 2,837 | 5 | 1,612 | 692 | 920 | |
| South West | 416 | 641 | 252 | 26 | 317 | 46 | 66 | |
| South Central | 894 | 1,136 | 635 | 2 | 382 | 117 | 173 | |
| South East | 1,158 | 1,757 | 693 | 1 | 942 | 121 | 195 | |
| Pending | 77 | 339 | 23 | 2 | 178 | 136 | 106 | |
| Totals | 12,461 | 19,601 | 7,123 | 10 | 484 | 10,123 | 1,861 | 2,245 |
