Published 17 February 2021
In the event of a pandemic, delayed reactions and a decentralized approach by the authorities at the start of a follow-up wave can lead to longer-lasting, more severe and more fatal consequences, researchers have found. The researchers compared the Spanish flu of 1918 and 1919 in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland, with the coronavirus pandemic of 2020.
In the event of a pandemic, delayed reactions and a decentralized approach by the authorities at the start of a follow-up wave can lead to longer-lasting, more severe and more fatal consequences, researchers from the universities of Zurich and Toronto have found. The interdisciplinary team compared the Spanish flu of 1918 and 1919 in the Canton of Bern with the coronavirus pandemic of 2020.
(Government of Saskatchewan)
As of December 23, 2020, 1,786 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine have been provided to health care workers in Regina as part of the initial pilot and Saskatoon as part of Phase 1.
The seven-day average of daily new cases is 203 (16.7 new cases per 100,000 population) and is now available on the Government of Saskatchewan website. This chart compares today’s average to data collected over the past several months. Please visit https://dashboard.saskatchewan.ca/health-wellness/covid-19/seven-day-average-of-new-covid-cases.
(Aaron Schulze/northeastNOW)
An analysis of the data from the last month shows COVID-19 deaths have more than doubled in 16 days (66 on Dec. 8. 134 on Dec. 24).
The new cases are located in the Far North West (10), Far North East (14), North West (17), North Central (28), North East (3), Saskatoon (30), Central West (2), Central East (10), Regina (25), South Central (3) and South East (3) zones. Nine (9) new cases have pending residence information. Of the cases, 3,346 cases out of the 14,255 cases are considered active. A total of 10,775 individuals have recovered. As of December 23, 2020, 1,786 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine have been provided to health care workers in Regina as part of the initial pilot and Saskatoon as part of Phase 1. Of the 14,255 cases in the province: 608 cases are travelers; 3,293 have no known exposures; and 3,412 are under investigation by local public health.
Five people diagnosed with COVID-19 have died in the province, marking a total of 130 deaths in Saskatchewan to date. Over half of those deaths have occurred this month.
Two deaths in the 70-79 age group were in the Regina zone. Three deaths in the 80+ age group were in the North West, Central East and Regina zones.
There are 159 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on December 23, 2020, bringing the provincial total to date to 14,101 cases.
The new cases are located in the Far North West (14), Far North East (eight), North West (24), North Central (24), North East (eight), Saskatoon (21), Central East (one), Regina (50), South West (three) and South East (two) zones. Four new cases have pending residence information.
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