On Monday the Roy Romanow Provincial Laboratory reported three new confirmed cases of the B117 COVID-19 variant, which was first detected in the U.K, had been found in Saskatchewan. Two of the variant cases are in the Regina zone and one is in the northwest zone. This brings the provincial total of confirmed variant of concern cases to nine. The province also reported 97 new cases of COVID-19 and one more coronavirus-related death Monday. Regina had more new COVID-19 cases Monday than all other zones combined.

Source: CBC News March 08, 2021 20:37 UTC