Third Straight Day of Less Than 10% Positive Test Rate For COVID-19 in Saskatchewan

       For the third straight day and fifth time in the last six days, Saskatchewan recorded less than 10 per cent positive cases of COVID-19 from processed tests. Unfortunately, the province had another two deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus in Monday’s update from the Ministry of Health…both people in their 80s from the North West zone. Today’s Monday’s update showed 147 new cases from 1,900 processed tests…a 7.7% positive rate, the lowest in the last five days. Add in 310 new recoveries and Saskatchewan’s active case count is down to 2,369…the lowest figure since 2,139 on November 20. Of the active cases, there are 202 people in hospital, with 30 in a provincial I-C-U.

       Only the Far North Central zone didn’t have a new case of COVID-19 in Monday’s update with 33 from Regina, 24 from the North West zone, 21 from North East, 14 from the Far North West zone and 13 from Saskatoon. The seven-day average for new cases is at 228…the lowest that number has been since January 5 at 215.

       In total, Saskatchewan has had 24,011 reported cases of the virus with 21,336 recoveries and 306 deaths. Plus, 35,477 doses of vaccine have been administered in the province after 88 were completed on Sunday over two different zones.

There were 88 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered yesterday in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 35,447.  As of February 1, 108 per cent of the doses received have been administered.  This overage is due to efficiencies in drawing extra doses from vials of vaccine received.

The doses were administered in the following zones: Far North East (22) and Saskatoon (66).

For a listing of first and second doses in Saskatchewan administered by geographic zone, visit https://www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-vaccine-update.

Daily COVID-19 Statistics

There are 147 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on February 1, bringing the provincial total to date to 24,011 cases.

Two Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died.  Both reported deaths were in the 80+ age group in the North West (2) zone.

The new cases are located in the Far North West (14), Far North East (4), North West (24), North Central (3), North East (21), Saskatoon (13), Central West (6), Central East (7), Regina (33), South West (1), South Central (11) and South East (8) zones, with two (2) cases pending residence information.

Ten cases with pending residence information were assigned to the Far North West (2), Far North East (1), North West (6) and Saskatoon (1) zones.

A total of 21,336 individuals have recovered and 2,369 cases are considered active.

Two hundred and two (202) people are in hospital.  One hundred and seventy-two (172) people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (4), Far North East (1), North West (19), North Central (22), North East (2), Saskatoon (65), Central East (10), Regina (43), South Central (1) and South East (5).  Thirty (30) people are in intensive care: North West (2), North Central (2), Saskatoon (11), Central East (4), and Regina (11).

There were 1,900 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on January 31, 2021.

To date, 510,538 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan.  As of January 30, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers were available, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 285,862 people tested per million population.  The national rate was 460,025 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 data update to the COVID-19 dashboard has been completed.  The seven-day average of daily new cases is 228 (18.6 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.