Three more people have died after testing positive for COVID-19. One reported death was in the 60-69 age group in the Far North West zone.  Two new deaths in the 80+ age group were reported in the North Central and Regina zones.

There are 287 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on January 17, 2021, bringing the provincial total to date to 20,272 cases. 

The new cases are located in the Far North West (34), Far North Central (1), Far North East (10), North West (21), North Central (23), North East (33), Saskatoon (94), Central West (3), Central East (9), Regina (37), South West (1) and South East (13) zones, while eight new cases have pending residence information.

Five cases with pending residence information were assigned to the Far North East (3) and North West (2) zones.  A total of 15,936 individuals have recovered and 4,121 cases are considered active.

Two hundred and three people are in hospital.  One hundred and seventy people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (3), Far North Central (1), North West (9), North Central (27), North East (11), Saskatoon (57), Central West (1), Central East (8), Regina (40), South West (1), South Central (1) and South East (11).  Thirty-three people are in intensive care: North West (2), North Central (3), Saskatoon (16), Central East (1), Regina (10) and South Central (1).

The seven-day average of daily new cases is 308 (25.5 new cases per 100,000 population).

There were 3,232 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered on Saturday in Saskatchewan - the highest one-day total to date.  This brings the total number of vaccines administered in the province to 20,159.

The doses were administered in the following zones: Regina (453), Saskatoon (749), North Central (766), Far North West (77), Far North East (42) and South East (1145).  No data for January 15 or 16 from the Far North Central is available at this time.