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COVID-19 Weekly EPI Report

Released on June 9, 2022

Weekly COVID-19 Epi Report 

Issued Thursdays, the Ministry of Health's COVID-19 integrated epidemiology (epi) report utilizes multiple data sources and includes laboratory-confirmed cases, deaths, tests, vaccination information provincially and by zones, as well as hospital and ICU census trends and distribution of rapid antigen tests. The epi report this week looks at data from Sunday, May 29, to Saturday, June 4, 2022. The hospitalization data is a comparison from June 2-8, 2022.

The integrated epi report can be found online at saskatchewan.ca/COVID-19-cases.

Summary for the week of May 29 - June 4, 2022

  • 5,888 laboratory tests were performed in Saskatchewan reflecting 4.9 tests performed per 1,000 population. The number of tests was higher than the number of tests in the previous week (5,667).
  • The weekly test positivity of 4.6 per cent, is a decrease from the previous week (5.3 per cent). 
  • 285 new cases were confirmed reflecting 24 laboratory-confirmed cases per 100,000 population, lower than the number of new cases in the previous week (364).
  • The majority of laboratory-confirmed cases this week were 50 years and older (56.1 per cent).
  • There were 122 new lineage results reported this week. Of the 122 variants of concern identified by whole genome sequencing, 100 per cent were Omicron. 
  • The Omicron BA.2 sublineage accounted for 97.5 per cent of the variants of concern reported this week.  BA.2 sublineage is more transmissible compared to pre-variant 2020 COVID-19 and BA.1 sub-lineages but there is no current evidence of increased severity. 
  • There were 10 newly-reported COVID-19 deaths, higher compared to the previous week (9).
  • There were 22 COVID-like illness patients per 1,000 emergency department visits which was a decrease from last week (30 per 1,000).
  • Eight (8) confirmed COVID-19 outbreaks in long-term care and care home settings were reported this week. 
  • As of June 4, 2022, of the population five years and older, 85.9 per cent received at least one dose of a two dose COVID-19 vaccine and 81 per cent completed a series.
  • Among the population 18 years and older, 52.6 per cent had received at least one booster vaccination. 
  • As of June 5, 2022, there have been 521 Paxlovid prescriptions.
  • As of June 8, 2022, there have been a total of 39 people who have received Remdesivir treatment and a total of 112 infusions completed. 
  • More than 21 million rapid antigen test kits have been distributed in the province. They are easily accessible at more than 600 locations.

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For more information, contact:

Health
Regina
Phone: 306-787-8043
Email: media@health.gov.sk.ca

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