While there were 15 more new cases of COVID-19, Wednesday compared to Tuesday, included in the dashboard reading on the Government of Saskatchewan website, none of the 62 new infections were of the Omicron variant.
Combined with 69 recoveries and no new deaths, that leaves 538 active cases of the novel coronavirus in the province. From those active cases, there are 105 people in hospital, including 33 infections being treated in an I-C-U.
There no longer are any Saskatchewan residents being treated in an I-C-U outside the province.
In addition, on Tuesday, 1,782 COVID-19 tests were performed while 1,194 doses of vaccine were administered, including 504 second shots that made the recipient fully immunized.
Highlights
- As of December 15th, there are 62 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 81,961 reported cases
- The new cases are located in the Far North West (2), Far North East (1), North Central (9), North East (9), Saskatoon (7), Central East (4), Regina (16), South West (2), South Central (1), South East (8), and three (3) new cases have pending residence information
- 81,961 cases are confirmed
- 19,961 cases are from the North area (8,863 North West, 8,252 North Central, 2,846 North East)
- 19,537 cases are from the Saskatoon area
- 16,003 cases are from the Regina area
- 10,339 cases are from the South area (2,201 South West, 3,012 South Central, 5,126 South East)
- 9,389 cases are from the Far North area (4,412 Far North West, 541 Far North Central, 4,436 Far North East)
- 6,185 cases are from the Central area (1,446 Central West, 4,739 Central East)
- 547 cases have pending residence information
- 538 cases are considered active and 80,482 cases are considered recovered
- More than one-quarter (27.4%) of new cases are in the age category of 40 to 59
- More than one-half (53.4%) of new cases eligible for vaccination (aged 5 years and older) were fully vaccinated
- As of December 15th, a total of 105 individuals are hospitalized, including 72 inpatient hospitalizations and 33 ICU hospitalizations. Of the 105 patients, 68 (64.8%) were not fully vaccinated.
- There are no (0) residents in an out-of-province ICU
- No (0) new deaths reported today. 941 Saskatchewan residents with COVID-19 have died, with a case fatality rate of 1.1%.
- 1,303,279 COVID-19 tests have been performed in the province. As of December 13th, 2021, when other provincial and national numbers are available from PHAC, Saskatchewan’s per capita rate was 1,101,150 tests performed per million population. The national rate was 1,314,214 tests performed per million population.
- As of today, the 7-day average of new COVID-19 case numbers is 56 (4.6 new cases per 100,000)
Cases infected with a variant of concern (VoC), as of December 15, 2021
| Zone | VoCs Detected by Screening * |
VoCs Sequenced (WGS) |
Alpha (B.1.1.7) | Beta (B.1.351) | Gamma (P.1) | Delta (B.1.617.2) | Omicron (B.1.1.529) |
| Far North West | 339 | 772 | 212 | 23 | 537 | ||
| Far North Central | 4 | 88 | 4 | 84 | |||
| Far North East | 100 | 663 | 56 | 12 | 595 | ||
| North West | 883 | 1,488 | 351 | 251 | 886 | ||
| North Central | 668 | 1,332 | 345 | 9 | 26 | 952 | |
| North East | 87 | 430 | 66 | 2 | 362 | ||
| Saskatoon | 2,196 | 3,139 | 1,137 | 1 | 127 | 1,874 | |
| Central West | 149 | 268 | 107 | 2 | 159 | ||
| Central East | 655 | 1,115 | 405 | 5 | 705 | ||
| Regina | 4,835 | 4,256 | 2,838 | 5 | 1,413 | ||
| South West | 416 | 574 | 252 | 26 | 296 | ||
| South Central | 894 | 979 | 635 | 2 | 342 | ||
| South East | 1,158 | 1,570 | 693 | 1 | 876 | ||
| Pending | 77 | 189 | 22 | 2 | 165 | ||
| Totals | 12,461 | 16,868 | 7,123 | 10 | 484 | 9,246 | 5^ |
^Providing the region where these cases reside risks identifying individuals so their location is not disclosed. Contact investigations have confirmed that the risk of community transmission is low. If any contact investigation determines a risk of community transmission, additional information will be provided to area residents to self-monitor or self-isolate and seek testing.
* As of September 13, 2021, the province of Saskatchewan ceased testing for variant type on all new cases using SNP in order to support overall COVID-19 testing. Whole genome sequencing will continue to identify any emerging variants. Note that, as public health investigations proceed, variant of concern case locations may change due as residence locations are confirmed.
COVID-19 Deaths by Age Group, as of December 15, 2021
| Age Group | 19 and under | 20 to 39 | 40 to 59 | 60 to 79 | 80+ | Total |
| COVID-19 Deaths | 3 | 39 | 108 | 385 | 406 | 941 |