COVID-19 Hospitalizations Rise by 79 Over Past Week

COVID-19 hospitalizations rose to 199 in Wednesday afternoon's update from the Saskatchewan Health Authority.

That's 10 more than in Tuesday's report, and 79 more than the previous Wednesday.

ICU hospitalizations increased from 18 to 21 since Tuesday's numbers were released. 

Fifteen of the ICU hospitalizations are for COVID-19-related illness, five are for incidental COVID-19 infections, and one is undetermined.  

The breakdown for inpatient hospitalizations is 90 for COVID-19-related illness, 71 for incidental COVID-19 infections, and 17 are undetermined.

There has not been a new death since the province reported one on January 6. That total remains at 961.

The province reported 1,223 new cases, bringing the active confirmed total in Saskatchewan to 11,894. That does not include any rapid-test positives that were not confirmed by a PCR test, or any cases where someone doesn't know they're infected.

Eighteen new cases were listed in South East Sub Zone 4, which includes Estevan. The area's active count is 259.