In the January 24th COVID-19 update from the Saskatchewan Health Authority, they are reporting 260 new cases, bringing the total number of cases to 22,177 with 3,251 considered active.

Another 168 people have recovered, while 3 deaths were reported.  Two of the deaths were in the 60-69 age group and were in the Far North East and Regina.  The third was also in Regina and was in the 80+ age group.

The new cases were as follows:

  • Far North West (26),
  • Far North Central (1),
  • Far North East (3),
  • North West (52),
  • North Central (14),
  • North East (9),
  • Saskatoon (72),
  • Central West (6),
  • Central East (11),
  • Regina (42),
  • South West (1),
  • South Central (4) and
  • South East (17) zones.

Two of the new cases have pending residency information.

In the South West, there is one new case of COVID-19, this in the South West 1 sub-zone.

That brings the total number of cases in the southwest to 586, with 16 active cases, 1 hospitalized case, and 567 recoveries.

Testing & Vaccinations:

642 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were administered on Saturday, bringing the total vaccination count to 33,039.

These were distributed to:

  • Saskatoon (148),
  • North West (261) and
  • South East (233) zones.

The total percentage of dosage delivered came to 101% of the available doses.  The Saskatchewan Health Authority reports that this is due to efficiencies in drawing extra doses from the vials they have received (like scraping out every last drop of peanut butter from the jar.)

2,684 tests were performed yesterday.  This takes the province's per-capita testing rate to 279,708 people tested per million.  This still falls far short of the national average, which currently sits at 452,236 people tested per million.

In total, 490,939 people have been tested in the province.

The seven-day average of new cases is at 272 (22.5 new cases per 100,000 population.

Further statistics are available on the government of Saskatchewan's COVID-19 statistics page here.