There were eight new deaths and 258 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Saskatchewan in the province’s daily report Saturday.

This pushed the province’s death count to 300 since the pandemic began. One reported death was in the 60-69 age group from the North Central (1) zone; three reported deaths were in the 70-79 age group from the Central East (1), Far North East (1) and Saskatoon (1) zones; and four reported deaths were in the 80+ age group from the North Central (1), Regina (1) and Saskatoon (2) zones.

The new cases are located in the Far North West (10), Far North Central (6), Far North East (20), North West (40), North Central (26), North East (14), Saskatoon (45), Central West (1), Central East (9), Regina (53), South West (5), South Central (2) and South East (18) zones, as well as nine with pending residence information.

One case that was noted in the far north east on Dec. 6 was deemed to be an out of province resident and was removed. Also, three cases were deemed to be Saskatchewan residents tested out of province and added to the case counts (Jan 18 (1) in Far North East; Jan 19 (2) in Far North East). Seven cases with pending residence information were assigned to the Far North West (from Jan 28(1)), Far North Central (Jan 28(1)), North West (Jan 26(1), Jan 28(2)), North Central (Jan 28(1)) and Central West (Jan 28(1)) zones.

There were also 228 recoveries noted. Overall, a total of 20,803 individuals have recovered and 2,523 cases are considered active.

There were 148 doses of vaccines distributed Friday in Saskatchewan, bringing that total to 35,329 doses. The doses were administered in the following zones: Far North Central (21), Saskatoon (66), Central East (22) and North Central (39).  

Due to delays in receiving the vaccines, places like Swift Current and Regina that were scheduled to receive doses in the coming weeks will see some delays.