There were no new omicron variants found in initial screening amongst new COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan, according to Thursday’s dashboard reading on the provincial government website.
That means the four cases identified Wednesday in the same household are still being checked out by genome sequencing within the Roy Romanow Laboratory.
Otherwise, the number of active cases of the novel coronavirus went up in Saskatchewan in the latest update as there were 62 new cases of COVID-19, along with 49 recoveries and no new virus-related deaths.
There are 622 provincial residents with an active case of COVID-19, 118 of them in hospital, including 30 infections being treated in an I-C-U. In addition, one Saskatchewan resident remains in an Ontario hospital I-C-U.
Highlights
- As of December 9th, there are 62 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 81,572 reported cases.
- The new cases are located in the Far North West (1), North West (3), North Central (7), Saskatoon (14), Central West (2), Central East (7), Regina (12), South West (1), South Central (4), and South East (10) zones and one (1) new case have pending residence information.
- Four (4) cases with pending residence information were assigned to the North Central (from December 6 (2)), Regina (from November 27 (1)), and South Central (from December 7 (1)) zones.
- 81,572 cases are confirmed
- 19,899 cases are from the North area (8,845 North West, 8,217 North Central, 2,837 North East)
- 19,446 cases are from the Saskatoon area
- 15,920 cases are from the Regina area
- 10,270 cases are from the South area (2,194 South West, 2,999 South Central, 5,077 South East)
- 9,371 cases are from the Far North area (4,404 Far North West, 541 Far North Central, 4,426 Far North East)
- 6,132 cases are from the Central area (1,443 Central West, 4,689 Central East)
- 534 cases have pending residence information
- 622 cases are considered active and 80,014 cases are considered recovered.
- One-quarter (25.8%) of new cases are in the age category of 40 to 59.
- Almost one-half (46.7%) of new cases eligible for vaccination (aged 5 years and older) were fully vaccinated.
- As of December 9th, a total of 118 individuals are hospitalized, including 88 inpatient hospitalizations and 30 ICU hospitalizations. Of the 118 patients, 77 (65.3%) were not fully vaccinated.
- In addition to SK ICU counts, there is one resident receiving out of province care in hospital. As this patient is receiving care out of province, this number is not included in the hospitalization counts in the dashboard.
- No (0) new deaths reported today. 936 Saskatchewan residents with COVID-19 have died, with a case fatality rate of 1.1%.
- 1,294,080 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of December 7th, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers are available from PHAC, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 1,092,680 tests performed per million. The national rate was 1,296,888 tests performed per million.
- The 7-day average of new COVID-19 case numbers was 60 (5.0 new cases per 100,000).
Cases infected with a variant of concern (VoC), as of December 9, 2021
| Zone | VoCs Detected by Screening * |
VoCs Sequenced (WGS) |
Alpha (B.1.1.7) | Beta (B.1.351) | Gamma (P.1) | Delta (B.1.617.2) | Omicron (B.1.1.529) |
| Far North West | 339 | 765 | 212 | 23 | 530 | ||
| Far North Central | 4 | 88 | 4 | 84 | |||
| Far North East | 100 | 660 | 56 | 12 | 592 | ||
| North West | 883 | 1,455 | 351 | 251 | 853 | ||
| North Central | 668 | 1,309 | 345 | 9 | 26 | 929 | |
| North East | 87 | 429 | 66 | 2 | 361 | ||
| Saskatoon | 2,196 | 3,080 | 1,137 | 1 | 127 | 1,815 | |
| Central West | 149 | 263 | 107 | 2 | 154 | ||
| Central East | 655 | 1,055 | 405 | 5 | 645 | ||
| Regina | 4,835 | 4,199 | 2,838 | 5 | 1,356 | ||
| South West | 416 | 572 | 252 | 26 | 294 | ||
| South Central | 894 | 954 | 635 | 2 | 317 | ||
| South East | 1,158 | 1,505 | 693 | 1 | 811 | ||
| Pending | 77 | 184 | 22 | 2 | 160 | ||
| Totals | 12,461 | 16,522 | 7,123 | 10 | 484 | 8,901 | 4^ |
^Providing the region where these cases reside risks identifying individuals so their location is not disclosed. Contact investigations have confirmed that the risk of community transmission is low. If any contact investigation determines a risk of community transmission, additional information will be provided to area residents to self-monitor or self-isolate and seek testing.
* As of September 13, 2021, the province of Saskatchewan ceased testing for variant type on all new cases using SNP in order to support overall COVID-19 testing. Whole genome sequencing will continue to identify any emerging variants. Note that, as public health investigations proceed, variant of concern case locations may change due as residence locations are confirmed.
COVID-19 Deaths by Age Group, as of December 9, 2021
| Age Group | 19 and under | 20 to 39 | 40 to 59 | 60 to 79 | 80+ | Total |
| COVID-19 Deaths | 3 | 38 | 107 | 384 | 404 | 936 |
