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Northwest Zone drops to six active COVID-19 cases, five new in Saskatchewan

One COVID-19 case in the Northwest region of Saskatchewan has recovered and the total number of active cases in the region is now at six.

As of August 12th, one case in the Battlefords subregion has recovered and now has no active cases. There remains four active cases in the Cut Knife, Unity and Wilkie area. The area that includes Lloydminster, Maidstone and Lashburn has one active case as does the Turtleford, St. Walburg, Paradise Hill area.

Across Saskatchewan, there were five new cases, four in Regina and one in the North Central zone.

Ten people remain in hospital across the province. Five are receiving inpatient care, three in Saskatoon, one in the North Central region and one in the South West.
Of the 1,484 reported cases, 150 are considered active.  A total of 1,314 people have recovered.

Northwest Regions, broken down:

Saskatchewan’s 13 regions, broken down. [Supplied.]
North West 1Aquadeo
Cochin
Edam
Glaslyn
Kivimaa-Moonlight Bay
Meota
Mervin
Metinota
Paradise Hill
St. Walburg
Turtleford

North West 2

Denzil
Lashburn
Lloydminster
Macklin
Maidstone
Marsden
Marshall
Neilburg
Paynton
Primate
Senlac
Waseca

Saskatchewan’s regions, broken down by municipalities. Corresponding regions can be found to the left. [Sask Gov, supplied]
North West 3

Cut Knife
Landis
Scott
Unity
Wilkie

North West 4

Battleford
North Battleford

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