Another 41 people in Saskatchewan died with COVID-19 over a 2-week period: CRISP report – CBC

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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.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/another-41-people-in-saskatchewan-died-with-covid-19-over-a-2-week-period-crisp-report-1.6679272

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