In the January 29 COVID-19 update from The Saskatchewan Health Authority they are reporting a total of 328 new cases of the virus in the province.

Of those 328 new cases there are 30 in the Far North West zone, 3 in the Far North Central zone, 16 in the Far North East zone, 27 in the North West zone, 26 in t he North Central zone, 13 in the North East zone, 90 in the Saskatoon zone, 9 in the Central West zone, 25 in the Central East zone, and 58 in the Regina zone.

There is currently 1 new case in the South West zone, 3 in the South Central zone, and 19 in the South East zone.

There are 8 new cases that have pending residence information.

One case with pending residence information has been assigned to the North West zone.

That brings the provincial total number of COVID-19 cases to 23,366, of which 2,499 are considered active.

There are currently 7 active cases in the South West zone.

There is 1 outbreak reported at the Assiniboia Union Hospital in the South Central zone. In non-household settings, an outbreak is confirmed when two or more people test positive for COVID-19.

The seven-day average of daily new cases is 247 (20.1 new cases per 100,000 population).

There have been 300 new recoveries, bringing that provincial total to 20,575.

Seven Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. One reported death was in the 50-59 age group from the North East zone, 3 reported deaths were in the 70-79 age group from the North West zone (1) , the Saskatoon zone, (1) and the Regina zone (1). And 3 reported deaths were in the 80+ age group from the North  West zone (1) and from Regina zone (2).

That brings the total number of deaths in the province related to COVID-19 to 292.

There are 218 people in hospital. One hundred and eighty-five people receiving inpatient care - 4 in the Far North West zone, 1 in the Far North East zone, 16 in the North West zone, 28 in the North Central zone, 3 in the North East zone, 68 in the Saskatoon zone, 1 in the Central West zone, 14 in the Central East zone, and 42 in the Regina zone.

There is currently 1 person receiving inpatient care in the South West zone, 1 in the South Central zone, and, 6 in the South East zone.

There are 33 people in intensive care - 3 in the North West zone, 1 in the North Central zone, 15 in the Saskatoon zone, 2 in the Central East zone, and 11 in the Regina zone.

There is currently 1 person in intensive care in the South West zone.

To date, there has been 503,143 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan.

And yesterday there was 3,100 COVID-19 tests processed.

There were 308 COVID-19 vaccine doses administered yesterday in Saskatchewan, bringing the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 35,091.

As of January 29, 107% of the doses received have been administered. This overage is due to efficiencies in drawing extra doses from vials of vaccine received.

With the recent announcement of a reduction in deliveries of Pfizer and Moderna vaccine over the next four weeks, the vaccine distribution schedule is being adjusted to account for these delays. The bulk of doses received next month must be used for second dose requirements, and some communities originally slated to receive first doses will see delays. Swift Current and Regina were slated to receive vaccine delivery next week for first dose administration to priority groups, but that will be rescheduled.