The Government of Saskatchewan posted its tally from the Christmas break of COVID-19 numbers at 2 p.m. on Tuesday December 28th and it shows a startling jump in case counts.
There are 896 new cases of COVID-19 to report since the last report on December 23. There were 205 cases on December 24; 241 on December 25; 151 on December 26; 137 on Monday and 162 reported Tuesday.
Over 820 of the new cases since December 22nd are the new Omicron variant, although the province claims none of those patients have been hospitalized. The government is also saying that the reason Saskatchewan hospitalization rates are falling are because of vaccination.
The most number of new cases are in Saskatoon at 262 and Regina at 229. There are two new deaths of individuals who tested positive for COVID-19.
There has been a significant increase in active COVID-19 cases which now sits at 1,438, meanwhile, eighty people are in hospital with 16 of those individuals in an ICU.
Highlights
- As of December 28th, there are 896 (single day case counts were: 205 on Dec 24, 241 on Dec 25, 151 on Dec 26, 137 on Dec 27, 162 on Dec 28) cumulative new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 83,558 reported cases
- The new cases are located in the Far North West (2), Far North Central (0), Far North East (15), North West (44), North Central (37), North East (4), Saskatoon (262), Central West (20), Central East (75), Regina (229), South West (21), South Central (63) and South East (56) zones and sixty eight (68) new cases have pending residence information
- 23 SK residents tested positive out-of-province were added to the case counts in the North Central (from December 17 (1)), Saskatoon (from December 21 (2), December 23 (2), December 24 (1), and December 25 (2)), Central East (from December 22 (1)), Regina (from December 20 (2), December 21 (2), December 22 (1), December 23 (1), December 24 (2), and December 25 (1)), South Central (from December 23 (1), and December 25 (1)), and South East (from December 17 (1), December 22 (1), and December 24 (1)) zones
- 10 cases were assigned to North Central (from December 26 (1)), North East (from December 25 (1)), Saskatoon (from December 23 (1), and December 24 (1)), Central East (from December 25 (1)), Regina (from December 23 (1), and December 25 (2)), South Central (from December 25 (1), and South East (from December 22 (1)) zones
- One (1) case was removed from case totals from North West zone on August 30, 2021
- 83,558 cases are confirmed
- 20,107 cases are from the North area (8,931 North West, 8,314 North Central, 2,862 North East)
- 20,074 cases are from the Saskatoon area
- 16,430 cases are from the Regina area
- 10,548 cases are from the South area (2,229 South West, 3,095 South Central, 5,224 South East)
- 9,420 cases are from the Far North area (4,425 Far North West, 541 Far North Central, 4,454 Far North East)
- 6,362 cases are from the Central area (1,487 Central West, 4,875 Central East)
- 617 cases have pending residence information
- 1,438 cases are considered active and 81,183 cases are considered recovered
- Nearly three-fifths (60.1%) of new cases are in the age category of 20 to 39
- Less than one-half (48.7%) of new cases eligible for vaccination (aged 5 years and older) were fully vaccinated
- As of December 28th, a total of 80 individuals are hospitalized, including 64 inpatient hospitalizations and 16 ICU hospitalizations. Of the 80 patients, 47 (58.8%) were not fully vaccinated.
- Two (2) new deaths reported today. 947 Saskatchewan residents with COVID-19 have died, with a case fatality rate of 1.1%.
- 1,324,030 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of December 22, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers are available from PHAC, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 1,113,380 tests performed per million. The national rate of 1,346,185 tests performed per million. (Please note that the last update on PHAC website was December 22, 2021).
- The 7-day average of new COVID-19 case numbers was 174 (14.4 new cases per 100,000).
