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COVID-19 Weekly EPI Report

Released on March 10, 2022

All Residents 12 Years and Older Eligible for Booster Dose

As of March 5, Saskatchewan immunizers had administered nearly 2.4 million COVID-19 vaccinations in the province: first, second, booster and additional doses. Getting those booster doses is important to ensure enduring protection against COVID-19 transmission and severe outcomes, particularly against the Omicron variant.  Stick it to COVID and get your third dose.

All residents age 12 years and older are eligible to receive their booster dose five months after the second dose of their primary series.  Immuno-compromised individuals age 12 years and older may still receive their booster dose three months following their primary series.  Information on recommended intervals for booster doses is available at saskatchewan.ca/COVID-19.

If you received your third/booster dose at the three month interval, you do not need a fourth dose.

Book your appointment to receive your booster dose.  This week, there were nearly 8,000 Saskatchewan Health Authority COVID-19 vaccination appointments available, in addition to pharmacies throughout the province offering vaccines. 

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, February 27 to Saturday, March 5, 2022. The hospitalization data is a comparison from Wednesday, March 2 to noon March 9, 2022.

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

Summary for the week of February 27 - March 5, 2022

  • 7,518 laboratory tests were performed in Saskatchewan, reflecting 6.2 tests performed per 1,000 population.
  • The number of tests was similar to the number of tests in the previous week (7,833).
  • Just over one in eight of laboratory tests were positive (weekly test positivity of 12.7 per cent).
  • Percentage of positive tests (12.7 per cent) was slightly lower than in the previous week (13.6 per cent). 
  • 1,013 new cases were confirmed reflecting about 0.8 laboratory-confirmed cases per 1,000 population.
  • The number of new laboratory-confirmed cases was 92 per cent of the number of new cases in the previous week (1,101).
  • There were 637 new lineage results reported this week. Of the 637 variants of concern identified by whole genome sequencing, 100 per cent were Omicron.
  • There were 13 COVID-19 deaths which is 70.5 per cent lower than the number reported in the previous week (44). 
  • There were 38.1 COVID-like illness patients per 1,000 emergency department visits which is similar to the average weekly rate in the previous six weeks (41.1 per week/1,000 visits). 
  • Seventeen (17) confirmed COVID-19 outbreaks in long-term care and care home settings were reported this week. 
  • As of March 5, of the population five years and older, 85.6 per cent received at least one dose of a two-dose COVID-19 vaccine and 80.4 per cent completed a series.
  • Among the population 18 years and older, 50.9 per cent had received at least one booster vaccination.
  • As of the week of March 4, there have been 82 Paxlovid prescriptions provided and 231 monoclonal antibody infusion treatments administered.
  • More than 18.8 million rapid anitigen test kits have been distributed in the province. They are easily accessible at 630 locations around the province.

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For more information, contact:

Health
Regina
Phone: 306-787-4083
Email: media@health.gov.sk.ca

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