The province has moved to weeklyl reports of COVID-19 data. (Photo 179679505 © Yauhen Akulich | Dreamstime.com)

By paNOW Staff

Weekly COVID update

Over 5,000 new COVID-19 cases reported in province’s first weekly report

Feb 10, 2022 | 2:50 PM

As part of the province’s transition to Living with COVID-19, Saskatchewan released its first weekly integrated epidemiological (EPI) report. It’s a deeper analysis of multiple data sources and provides a more comprehensive profile of trends, laboratory-confirmed cases, deaths, tests and vaccine information.

Between Jan. 30 and Feb. 5, the public health database showed 63 COVID-19 cases hospitalized, 10 of which were admitted to an intensive care unit. The North West, North Central and Saskatoon zones experienced the highest rates of hospitalized cases: 9.7, 7.9 and 7.7 per 100,000 population, respectively.

There were also 22 COVID-19 related deaths bringing the provincial total to 1,014 since the beginning of the pandemic.

Of the 31,344 cases reported in January, 56 (0.2 per cent) cases had fatal outcomes. Of the cases who died, 42.9% (24) were unvaccinated.

Over the course of the pandemic, there were 16,429 cases who reported having one or more underlying conditions. The most common pre-existing conditions were hypertension (51.9 per cent), diabetes (45.3 per cent), cardiac disease (35.6 per cent), lung disease (27.4 per cent), obesity (8.7 per cent) and pregnancy (2.3 per cent).

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There were 5,401 new cases confirmed by a positive laboratory test; 960 of those were in the North. The highest rate of new cases for the week was in the North Central Zone with 480.

Between Jan. 30 and Feb. 5, 19,264 doses of COVID-19 vaccine were administered, of which 3,967 (20.6 per cent) were pediatric doses and 9,128 (47.4 per cent) were booster doses. There were also 17,115 PCR tests performed.

The integrated epi report will be released weekly on Thursdays and can be found online at Saskatchewan.ca/COVID-19-cases.

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