Stabilized and persistent: Experts look at the future of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan
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Neudorf said a persistent level of COVID-19 is putting a strain on the hospital system, adding it's pushing beyond the normal urgent levels and into teetering close to crisis.
Saturday marks the 3rd anniversary of when Saskatchewan declared a state of emergency for the COVID-19 pandemic, but experts say the virus is still hanging on.
“It has stabilized, but it’s stabilized at a pretty moderate, to moderate high level, which is not where we want to see it,” said Dr. Cory Neudorf, professor of community health and epidemiology at the USask College of Medicine.
Neudorf said a persistent level of COVID-19 is putting a strain on the hospital system, adding it’s pushing beyond the normal urgent levels and into teetering close to crisis.
He said major tertiary hospitals are seeing a lot of overcapacity beyond what you’d normally expect.
“We can’t maintain this level of usual pressure plus COVID-19 pressures without having negative impacts on staff and patients.”
Stats from the province’s CRISP reports shows that persistence, with staffed COVID-19 inpatient beds consistently hovering around five to six per cent between Jan. 19 to March 16, deaths hovering around under 20 people per report, and the population of residents with up to date vaccinations stagnating around 46 per cent.
Neudorf said the consistent levels of hospitalization and deaths is still concerning, but that it’s not as high as the peak of the pandemic.
“We lose track of the fact that less than 20 (deaths) per reporting period translates to one or more deaths per day happening due to COVID-19 still, which is still very concerning.”
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