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For the first time in three weeks, the Government of Saskatchewan will release Thursday epidemiological numbers on what COVID-19 is doing in Saskatchewan — and it’s expected cases and hospitalizations will be higher than in recent report.
“Based on the data that I’ve been looking at, it does appear that we’ll be reporting an increase in confirmed COVID cases and that is starting to show up as an increase in hospital admissions due to active COVID infection over the last few weeks,” Dr. Julie Kryzanowski, the province’s deputy chief medical health officer, said during a conference call Wednesday.
Kryzanowski said it’s a reversal in the trend since the beginning of the year of those numbers going down.
“It’s not a surprise that we’re seeing this trend in the province. It is similar to what we’re seeing in other parts of the country with a wave of Omicron that is being driven, really, by the BA.5 sublineage,” said Kryzanowski.
The doctor expects to see an increase as the wave goes on but doesn’t know what the magnitude or peak could be.
“We expect that if we move into the fall and people return back to school and to work and spend more time indoors, we may see an extended peak,” she explained.
Kryzanowski said the most important message to get out right now is what people can do to make a difference in the wave: Getting up to date with booster vaccinations and following the suggestions of previous public health measures.
She specifically pointed to testing if a person is feeling sick and, even if the test is negative, staying home and wearing a mask around other people when they do go out.