Up to 15 per cent of students were absent due to illness on any given day
Dec 08, 2022
Deaths connected with COVID-19 continue to plague Saskatchewan, a new report shows.
Between Nov. 20 and Dec. 3 another 41 people died while infected with the virus, according to the province’s latest Community Respiratory Illness Surveillance Program [CRISP] situation report.
One person was in the 20-59 age category, while the other 40 deaths were people 60 and older.
No deaths from influenza were reported during the same time period.
There have now been more COVID-19 deaths this year (795) than the 776 recorded during the same time last year.
Case counts for both COVID-19 and influenza are down slightly from the previous reporting period, but remain high.