test positivity for COVID-19 In Saskatchewan, it has increased from 3.8 percent reported during the June 19-25 report to 4.0 percent.
it is by province Ministry of Healthwho released the latest COVID-19 numbers from June 26 to July 16 on Thursday.
Test positivity was highest in the North West, Saskatoon, Midwest, Regina and Southwest regions.
The lowest percentage of test positivity was found in the Far North Central, Northeast and South Central regions.
The ministry said calls to 811 for respiratory illnesses and visits to emergency departments have also increased.
During the period under review, 628 new cases of the virus were confirmed, including 229 COVID-19 hospitalizations and 15 ICU admissions.
A total of 22 new COVID-19 related deaths were reported, of which eight occurred in a prior period but were not reported.
The ministry said the Omicron ba.4 and ba.5 sublines are now the dominant virus strain in Saskatchewan, now accounting for 65.6 percent of reported cases.
They noted that 633 courses of paxlovid have been administered, and 54 remdesivir prescriptions have been filled with 137 infusions.
At least 21.6 million rapid antigen test kits have been distributed across the province.
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