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COVID-19 in Sask.: Hospitalizations continue to climb
Theresa Kliem · CBC News · Posted: Jan 23, 2022 3:07 PM CT | Last Updated: 41 minutes ago
COVID-19 hospital numbers continue to climb in Saskatchewan as the contagious Omicron variant spreads across the province.
The number of people in hospital has climbed from 244 yesterday to 252 on Sunday, according to the daily update on the province's online dashboard.
26 of the hospital cases reported today are in intensive care, the same as announced on Saturday.
This month the province started tracking hospitalizations as a key indicator of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, breaking down how hospitalized people contracted the virus.
Of the 226 inpatient hospitalizations, excluding people in ICU, 92 patients are receiving health care due to a COVID-19-related illness, 98 are incidental cases — meaning they were admitted for something else, then diagnosed with COVID — and 36 have not yet been determined, according to the province's dashboard on Sunday.
Of the 24 ICU patients, 19 are under intensive care for a COVID-19-related illness while four are considered incidental infections and one case is undetermined...
...Out of all 252 hospital patients with the illness, over 36 per cent were not fully vaccinated, according to the province's dashboard...
...The number of known active cases have also gone up on Sunday (from 12,618 to 13,290), as well as the seven-day average of new cases (1,320, up by 26).
On Sunday the province reported 1,629 new COVID-19 cases, another record in the daily new cases category...
COVID-19 in Sask.: Hospitalizations continue to climb
Theresa Kliem · CBC News · Posted: Jan 23, 2022 3:07 PM CT | Last Updated: 41 minutes ago
COVID-19 hospital numbers continue to climb in Saskatchewan as the contagious Omicron variant spreads across the province.
The number of people in hospital has climbed from 244 yesterday to 252 on Sunday, according to the daily update on the province's online dashboard.
26 of the hospital cases reported today are in intensive care, the same as announced on Saturday.
This month the province started tracking hospitalizations as a key indicator of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, breaking down how hospitalized people contracted the virus.
Of the 226 inpatient hospitalizations, excluding people in ICU, 92 patients are receiving health care due to a COVID-19-related illness, 98 are incidental cases — meaning they were admitted for something else, then diagnosed with COVID — and 36 have not yet been determined, according to the province's dashboard on Sunday.
Of the 24 ICU patients, 19 are under intensive care for a COVID-19-related illness while four are considered incidental infections and one case is undetermined...
...Out of all 252 hospital patients with the illness, over 36 per cent were not fully vaccinated, according to the province's dashboard...
...The number of known active cases have also gone up on Sunday (from 12,618 to 13,290), as well as the seven-day average of new cases (1,320, up by 26).
On Sunday the province reported 1,629 new COVID-19 cases, another record in the daily new cases category...
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