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Almost half of laboratory-confirmed cases this week were in people 50 and older
May 12, 2022
COVID-19 hospitalizations in Saskatchewan have been declining, with 321 people reported to be in hospital with the disease as of Wednesday, according to the province’s latest weekly update.
That was a decrease from last week’s report — which had 390 people in hospitals — and a drop of nearly 100 patients since the middle of April, which marked an all-time high for the province at 417.
Less than one in 10 laboratory tests were positive in the latest reporting period. The weekly test positivity of 7.6 per cent is a decrease from the previous week (10.1 per cent). Test positivity was highest in the rural southeast and central east zones.
From March 8, 2020, to May 7, 2022, there were 137,376 laboratory-confirmed cases. Close to one-half were between 20 and 49 years of age and over one-quarter were younger than 20 years of age. However, for the latest week, close to one-half of laboratory confirmed cases were 50 years and older.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/321-covid-19-hospitalizations-in-saskatchewan-1.6451280