Another Day of Double-Digit Increases in COVID-19 Hospitalizations in Saskatchewan

• As of January 27th , there are 1,273 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 113,993 reported cases.
• The new cases are located in the Far North West (7), Far North Central (1), Far North East (30), North West (57), North Central (50), North East (25), Saskatoon (433), Central West (40), Central East (80), Regina (195), South West (38), South Central (84), and South East (85) zones and 148 new cases have pending residence information.
• Of the 1,273 new cases reported today, 224 were unvaccinated or fewer than 21 days after their first dose, 56 had received their first dose or were less than 21 days from their second dose, 687 were fully vaccinated (more than 14 days since their second dose) and 306 were fully vaccinated and more than 14 days from receiving their booster dose.
• 89 cases with pending residence information were assigned to the Far North East (1), North West (25), North Central (31), North East (1), Saskatoon (8), Central West (2), Central East (1), Regina (15), South West (2), South Central (2), and South East (1) zones.
• 27 SK residents tested out-of-province were added to the North West (4), Saskatoon (8), Regina (13), South West (1), and South Central (1) zones.
• 113,993 cases are confirmed
  • 29,511 cases are from the Saskatoon area
  • 24,168 cases are from the North area (10,571 North West, 10,037 North Central, 3,560 North East)
  • 24,047 cases are from the Regina area
  • 15,100 cases are from the South area (3,128 South West, 4,494 South Central, 7,478 South East)
  • 10,315 cases are from the Far North area (4,863 Far North West, 585 Far North Central, 4,867 Far North East)
  • 9,108 cases are from the Central area (2,097 Central West, 7,011 Central East)
  • 1,744 cases have pending residence information
• 12,386 cases are considered active and 100,622 cases are considered recovered.
• Almost two-fifths (36.7%) of new cases are in the age category of 20 to 39.
• As of January 27th, a total of 328 individuals are hospitalized; including 293 inpatient hospitalizations, and 35 ICU hospitalizations. Of the 328 patients, 107 (32.6%) were not fully vaccinated.
• The SHA dashboard includes 328 hospitalizations.
  • 293 residents are inpatient: of those, 120 inpatient hospitalizations are a COVID-19-related illness, 140 are incidental COVID-19 infections, and 33 have not yet been determined.
  • 35 residents are in ICUs: of those, 26 are for COVID-19-related illnesses, and six (6) are for incidental COVID-19 infections. Three (3) residents are in PICU/NICU: two (2) are for COVID-19-related illnesses, and one (1) is for incidental COVID-19 infection.
• Two (2) new deaths reported today. A total of 985 Saskatchewan residents with COVID-19 have died with a case fatality rate of 0.9%.
• 1,425,383 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of January 25, 2022, when other provincial and national numbers are available from PHAC, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 1,198,334 tests performed per million. The national rate was 1,465,857 tests performed per million.
• The 7-day average of new COVID-19 case numbers was 1,265 (105 new cases per 100,000).

Cases infected with a variant of concern (VoC), as of January 27, 2022

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 27, 2022