There are 290 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on January 18, 2021, bringing the provincial total to date to 20,562 cases. 

Four Saskatchewan residents who tested positive for COVID-19 have died.  

One more resident from the Lakeview Pioneer Lodge in Wakaw has also passed away.

The new cases are located in the Far North West (45), Far North Central (12), Far North East (20), North West (41), North Central (13), North East (33), Saskatoon (55), Central West (1), Central East (10), Regina (25), South West (2), South Central (5) and South East (7) zones, while 21 new cases have pending residence information.

Six cases with pending residence information were assigned to the North West (2), North Central (2), Saskatoon (1), and South Central (1) zones.

A total of 16,078 individuals have recovered and 4,265 cases are considered active.

Two hundred and ten people are in the hospital.  One hundred and eighty people are receiving inpatient care: Far North West (7), Far North Central (1), North West (13), North Central (24), North East (10), Saskatoon (61), Central West (1), Central East (8), Regina (42), South West (1), South Central (1) and South East (11).  Thirty people are in intensive care: North West (2), North Central (3), Saskatoon (15), Central East (1), Regina (8), and South Central (1).

There were 2,811 COVID-19 tests processed in Saskatchewan on January 17, 2021.