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The province announced a record 308 new COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan Saturday.
In a news release, the Ministry of Health attributed some of the cases to the winter storms across the province earlier this week.
“Today’s high number of reported cases is due in part to the snowstorm early in the week, which resulted in fewer people going for testing, and some delays in getting samples from remote locations to the provincial labs. Although we expect to see higher and lower case numbers daily which will average out, there is an upward trend in positive case numbers,” the release reads.
The previous record of new daily cases was 190 on Monday.
There were also 43 recoveries announced, putting the active case total at 1,691, the highest it has ever been. There have been 4,820 total cases and 3,100 recoveries since the virus came to Saskatchewan.
The new cases include 123 in Saskatoon, 30 in both the northeast and north-central zones, 26 in the far northwest area, 23 in the northwest region, 20 in Regina, eight in the north-central area, seven each in the central-west and central-east zones and three each in the south-central and southeast regions.
There are 57 people in hospital across the province. 41 of those are in inpatient care. Of the remaining 16 in ICU, eight are in Saskatoon, three are in the north-central region, the central-east region and Regina have two each and one is in the northwest area.
There were 3,665 tests done Friday, the highest daily testing total so far.
These numbers come on the heels of the province announcing new measures to fight the virus.
In the press release, Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab took the opportunity to put out a reminder to follow public health guidelines.
“Today’s record high case numbers are a reminder that the spread of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan is higher now than it has even been throughout Saskatchewan including urban, rural, Northern and First Nations areas and that we all need to redouble our efforts to protect ourselves and others,” Shahab said. “Wear a mask, limit your number of personal contacts, limit your number of visitors from outside your household, don’t leave home if you are feeling sick, and make sure you’re always physically distancing and washing your hands often. We all need to do our part to limit the spread,” he concluded.