In the first weekly report of COVID-19 data from the province, there are 384 people in hospital for COVID as of February 9th. That’s an increase of one from February 2nd according to the province. When it comes to the number of ICU admissions, those have dropped by 14 from 40 on the 2nd of February to 26 on February 9th. Unfortunately, the total number of deaths is from the period of January 30th to February 5th which would make the numbers not up-to-date. During that period, the new “Integrated EPI Report” showed there were 22 novel coronavirus-related deaths. As for other highlights in the new PDF report, between January 30th to February 5th, there were 5,401 new PCR confirmed cases of COVID-19. Among those 18 and older, 49.5 per cent of the population have received a booster shot.

Below is the weekly summary posted attached to the Government of Saskatchewan’s news release along with a link to the PDF of the new report:

• 17,115 PCR tests performed in Saskatchewan for a testing rate of 14.2 tests per 1,000 population.
• The testing rate was just over two-thirds of the testing rate in the previous week.
• About one-third of tests were positive (weekly test positivity of 31.1 per cent).
• 5,401 new cases were confirmed for a rate of new laboratory-confirmed cases of 448.3 per 100,000 population.
• The rate of new confirmed cases was about two-thirds of the new case rate in the previous week.
• Highest weekly rate of confirmed new cases for the week was in North Central Zone (539.4 per 100,000).
• There were 90 new lineage results reported this week. Of the 90 variants of concerns (VOCs) with lineages identified by whole genome sequencing, all were Omicron.
• Based on data recorded in Panorama, the public health database, there were 63 COVID-19 cases hospitalized (10 of which were admitted to an intensive care unit) and 22 COVID-19 deaths.
• Of the 31,344 cases reported in January, 398 (1.3 per cent) were hospitalized. Of the 398 hospitalized cases, 34.2 per cent (136) were unvaccinated.
• There were 47.1 COVID-like illness patients per 1,000 emergency department visits.
• Thirty (30) confirmed new COVID-19 outbreaks in high-risk settings were reported this week.
• As of February 5, of the population five years and older, 85.3 per cent received at least one dose of a two-dose COVID-19 vaccine and 79.6 per cent completed a series.
• Among the population 18 years and older, 49.5 per cent had received at least one booster vaccination.
• The Regina zone at 81.3 per cent is the only zone reporting over 80 per cent of the eligible population with a completed series. All others are below 80 per cent.

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