Saskatchewan and COVID-19: How did its fourth wave death rate become the highest in Canada?
CTV
Saskatchewan has been battered by COVID-19's fourth wave, struggling with a surge in cases and deaths and a health care system that is on the brink of being overwhelmed — a cautionary tale, the beginnings of which can be traced back to the summer when public health measures ceased, according to one expert.
The situation in Saskatchewan has been bleak over the last couple of months.
Saskatchewan has had more than 73,000 cases of COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, and nearly a fifth of those cases have occurred within the last 28 days.
The province’s COVID-19 death rate from the past month is more than three times higher than the national death rate, and is currently the highest provincial death rate in the country for the fourth wave, with Alberta in second.
On Tuesday, the number of COVID-19 patients in ICUs across Saskatchewan officially surpassed the province’s usual capacity.
