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A Third Straight Thousand-Plus Day of New COVID-19 Cases in Saskatchewan

By Les Lazaruk Jan 11, 2022 | 2:01 PM

For a third straight day, Saskatchewan had more than one thousand new cases of COVID-19, all now assumed by the provincial government to be of the Omicron variant.

The latest dashboard readings showed a 1,027 new cases, along with 661 recoveries and a fifth consecutive day without a new novel coronavirus-related death, leaving 8,229 active cases in Saskatchewan.

Of the active cases, 121 people are in hospital, including 11 infections in an I-C-U. The hospitalized number is up two from Monday.

 

Highlights

  • As of January 11th, there are 1,027 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 94,080 reported cases
  • The new cases are located in the Far North West (13), Far North East (9), North West (36), North Central (39), North East (15), Saskatoon (378), Central West (15), Central East (71), Regina (224), South West (18), South Central (49) and South East (35) zones and 125 new cases have pending residence information
  • Fifteen cases were assigned to the North West (7), North Central (1), Saskatoon (3), Central West (2), and Regina (2) zones.
  • 113 SK residents tested positive out-of-province were added to the case counts in various zones.
  • 94,080 cases are confirmed
    • 23,384 cases are from the Saskatoon area
    • 20,996 cases are from the North area (9,244 North West, 8,692 North Central, 3,060 North East)
    • 19,254 cases are from the Regina area
    • 12,180 cases are from the South area (2,515 South West, 3,605 South Central, 6,060 South East)
    • 9,592 cases are from the Far North area (4,527 Far North West, 543 Far North Central, 4,522 Far North East)
    • 7,326 cases are from the Central area (1,694 Central West, 5,632 Central East)
    • 1,348 cases have pending residence information
  • 8,229 cases are considered active and 84,890 cases are considered recovered
  • Nearly one-half (45.8%) of new cases are in the age category of 20 to 39
  • As of January 11th, a total of 121 individuals are hospitalized, including 110 inpatient hospitalizations and 11 ICU hospitalizations. Of the 121 patients, 54 (44.6%) were not fully vaccinated.
  • The SHA dashboard includes 121 hospitalizations: 110 residents are inpatient: of those, 57 inpatient hospitalizations are a COVID-19-related illness, 44 are incidental, asymptomatic infections and nine (9) have not yet been determined. 11 residents are in ICUs: of those, 10 are for COVID-19-related illnesses, one (1) is incidental, asymptomatic infections.
  • No (0) new deaths reported today. 961 Saskatchewan residents with COVID-19 have died, with a case fatality rate of 1.0.
  • 1,363,519 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of January 9, 2022, when other provincial and national numbers are available from PHAC, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 1,145,548 tests performed per million population. The national rate was 1,410,457 tests performed per million population.
  • As of today, the 7-day average of new COVID-19 case numbers was 980 (81.3 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.

Public Health Orders Will Be Enforced

For the weeks of December 27 and January 3, the provincial COVID enforcement team issued a number of summary office tickets for failure to abide by the current public health orders:

  • SKBuilt Gym, Regina received a fine for $2,800 for failure to mask and a $14,000 fine for failure to check for proof of vaccination or a negative test
  • Whole Leaf Healing Tree, Regina received a fine for $2,800 for failure to mask
  • Kingdom Sound Academy, Swift Current received a fine for $2,800 for failure to mask
  • Sweet Treats Candy Company, Moose Jaw received a fine for $2,800 for failure to mask

Note that under The Health Information and Privacy Act, the Ministry of Health cannot disclose the names of individuals who have received fines.

COVID-19 Summary for January 11, 2022:

  • From January 5 – January 11, 14,967 first and second doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been given in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of primary series vaccines administered in the province to 1,818,581.
  • An additional 52,730 third and fourth doses have been administered in the province from January 5 – January 11, bringing the total number of vaccines including boosters administered in the province to 2,193,645.  Thirty-nine per cent of eligible residents age 18+ have now received their booster dose.
  • As of January 11, 88 per cent of residents 12 years and older and 84 per cent of residents five years older have received their first dose.  Eighty-four per cent of residents 12 years and older and 77 per cent of residents five years and older are fully vaccinated.
  • There were 6,861 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan from January 5 – January 11, bringing the provincial total to 94,080 cases. There were 2,084 recoveries recorded during the same period.
  • The seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan is currently 980 (81.3/100,000).
  • One new death was reported January 5 – January 11.
  • There were 1,544 new lineage results reported for January 5 – January 11.
  • As of January 11, 121 individuals are hospitalized including 110 inpatient hospitalizations and 11 ICU hospitalizations. Of the 121 patients, 54 (44.6 per cent) were not fully vaccinated
  • Since October 25, 41 monoclonal antibody infusion treatments have been delivered.
  • From January 5 – January 11, there were 24,020 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan.

Cases infected with a variant of concern (VoC), as of January 11, 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 339 781 212 23 546 8
Far North Central 4 88 4 84
Far North East 100 688 56 12 605 15 21
North West 883 1,569 351 251 927 40 62
North Central 668 1,476 345 9 26 1,062 34 44
North East 87 456 66 2 383 5 32
Saskatoon 2,196 3,713 1,137 1 127 2,051 397 460
Central West 149 311 107 2 178 24 34
Central East 655 1,310 405 5 849 51 124
Regina 4,835 4,979 2,837 5 1,606 531 920
South West 416 633 252 26 315 40 66
South Central 894 1,114 635 2 379 98 173
South East 1,158 1,707 693 1 941 72 195
Pending 77 324 23 2 178 121 106
Totals 12,461 19,149 7,123 10 484 10,104 1,428 2,245

Note that the Roy Romanow Provincial Laboratory is reporting that 95 per cent of new cases are Omicron cases, based on SNP testing. Based on this percentage, it is assumed that all new COVID-19 cases in the province are Omicron and the RRPL will cease performing SNP testing on new samples. All specimens from international travellers who test positive in Saskatchewan will continue to undergo whole genome sequencing to determine their lineage, as well as randomly selected cases from across the province to continue surveillance of circulating virus.

* As of September 13, 2021, the province of Saskatchewan ceased testing for variant type on all new cases using SNP in order to support overall COVID-19 testing. Whole genome sequencing will continue to identify any emerging variants. Note that, as public health investigations proceed, variant of concern case locations may change due as residence locations are confirmed.

COVID-19 Deaths by Age Group, as of January 11, 2022

Age Group 19 and under 20 to 39 40 to 59 60 to 79 80+ Total
COVID-19 Deaths 4 39 109 400 409 961

3rd and 4th Dose Administration – As of January 11, 2022 (updated every Tuesday)

Age Range w/ 3rd Dose w/ 4th Dose
5-11 1 0
12-17 653 1
18-29 30,023 145
30-39 39,242 240
40-49 45,678 538
50-59 64,407 2,867
60-69 86,173 5,336
70-79 59,106 330
80+ 39,799 30
Total 365,082 9,487