Sask. reports 19th COVID-19 related death

Surge of COVID-19 cases at Hutterite colonies in Manitoba.

REGINA — A person has died related to COVID-19 in Saskatchewan, marking the 19th death related to the virus in the province.

In a release, the government said the person is from the Regina region and is in their 70s.

The province also reported 11 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, bringing the provincial total to 1,387.

Of the new cases, nine are in the south central region, one is in Saskatoon and one is in the south west.

A total of 13 people are in hospital. Seven people are in inpatient care including three in Saskatoon, two in the south west region, one in the central east region and one in Regina. Another six people are in intensive care; four in Saskatoon, one in Regina and one in the north central region.

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To date, 106,019 COVID-19 tests have been performed in Saskatchewan. A total of 954 tests were conduced on Wednesday.