As stated in the January 12th COVID-19 Update, the public health order issued effective December 17, 2020 will remain in effect until January 29, 2021, when it will be reviewed by the provincial Chief Medical Health Officer. The following measures are still in place:

• Private, indoor gatherings remain limited to immediate household members only.
• People may meet and greet outdoors with up to 10 people only, provided physical distancing between households can be maintained.
• The public health orders for licensed establishments; sports, fitness and dance; places of worship; and mandatory masking remain in place.
• All non-essential interprovincial travel is discouraged.

January 12th COVID-19 Update

Five Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died. Two new deaths in the 80+ age group were reported in the Regina zone; two new deaths in the 70-79 age group were reported in the Far North West (1) and North West (1) zones; and one new death in the 30-39 age group was reported in the South West zone.

There are 248 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on January 12, 2021, bringing the provincial total to date to 18,770 cases.

The new cases are located in the Far North West (11), Far North Central (2), Far North East (20), North West (30), North Central (26), North East (5), Saskatoon (53), Central West (2), Central East (10), Regina (37), South West (2), South Central (8) and South East (11) zones and 31 new cases have pending residence information.

Twenty-seven cases with pending residence information were assigned to Far North West (6); Far North East (9); North West (2) and North Central (10) zones.

A total of 14,814 individuals have recovered and 3,752 cases are considered active.

One hundred and ninety-one people are in hospital. One hundred and sixty-two people are receiving inpatient care: Far North East (1), Far North Central (1), North West (10), North Central (34), North East (12), Saskatoon (42), Central East (9), Regina (42), South Central (1) and South East (10). Twenty-nine people are in intensive care: North West (1), North Central (4), Saskatoon (14), Central East (1), and Regina (9).

There were 1,995 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on January 10, 2021.

To date, 456,045 COVID-19 tests have been processed in Saskatchewan.