There were a total of 238 new cases, 228 recoveries, four deaths and 120 vaccine doses delivered in Saskatchewan, according to the province’s daily COVID report Sunday.  

There have now been 304 deaths since the pandemic began. One reported death was in the 60-69 age group in the Far North West (1) zone; one reported death was in the 50-59 age group in the North West zone; one reported death was in the 80+ age group in the Regina (1) zone; and one reported death was in the 60-69 age group in the South East (1) zone.

The new cases are located in the Far North West (25), Far North East (24), North West (29), North Central (19), Saskatoon (82), Central West (1), Central East (8), Regina (26), South West (1), South Central (1) and South East (10) zones, with 12 cases pending residence information.

One case with pending residence information was assigned to the North West zone. A total of 21,026 individuals have recovered and 2,534 cases are considered active. Two hundred and three (203) people are in hospital.  One hundred and seventy-two (172) people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (3), Far North East (1), North West (19), North Central (25), North East (3), Saskatoon (64), Central East (11), Regina (40), South Central (1) and South East (5).  Thirty-one (31) people are in intensive care: North West (2), North Central (1), Saskatoon (13), Central East (4), and Regina (11).

There were 2,459 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on Jan. 30, 2021. To date, 508,638 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan.  As of Ja. 29, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 284,971 people tested per million population.  The national rate was 458,706 people tested per million population.

The vaccine doses were administered in the following zones: Far North Central (11) and Saskatoon (109) zones. 

The vaccine distribution from Pfizer and Mordena will be delyed over the newxt four weeks, and  places like Swift Current and Regina that were scheduled to receive their first doses will see some delays.

According to the daily release from the province, the Ministry of Health is updating data reporting systems.  As such, it is anticipated that the COVID-19 dashboard will be unavailable until Monday. The case news release and map of current cases will continue to be issued daily based on a separate data reporting process.