Saskatoon passes threshold of 1,000 active cases as COVID-19 surge continues

For the first time since December, there are more than 1,000 recorded active COVID-19 cases in the Saskatoon area.

As of Sunday's update to Saskatchewan's COVID-19 totals, there were 1,065 confirmed active cases. By comparison, there were 204 active cases recorded in Regina on Sunday. The Saskatoon area is currently the province's COVID-19 hotspot, where the number of active cases has risen more than 450 per cent over the span of one month. On Aug. 12 there were just 189 active cases in the Saskatoon area.