Saskatchewan added 896 new COVID-19 cases over the holiday weekend. Another 676 Omicron variant cases were also identified.
The province also reported that 824 Omicron cases have been identified – up from 148 on Dec. 23. Of those cases, 66 are confirmed and 758 are probable Omicron.
Broken down by day, there were 205 new cases on Dec. 24, 241 on Dec. 25, 151 on Dec. 26, 137 on Dec. 27, 162 on Dec. 28, according to the government.The new cases are located in the Far North West , Far North Central , Far North East , North West , North Central , North East , Saskatoon , Central West , Central East , Regina , South West , South Central and South East zones.Of the 162 new cases for Dec. 28, 85 were unvaccinated while 77 were fully vaccinated.
There are 80 people in hospital related to COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, including 16 in intensive care. Of those patients, 47 or 58.8 per cent are not fully vaccinated.The seven-day average of daily new cases is 174, or 14.4 per 100,000 population.
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