Saskatchewan is reporting 358 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, the highest single-day increase in nearly three months. The highest proportion of new cases announced Friday came from the Regina area, where rules were already tightened two weeks ago due to concerns about rising variant cases. Variant cases updateHealth officials have now identified 3,086 cases of COVID-19 variants so far in the province, an increase of more than 100 cases from Thursday. Regina saw the highest day-over-day increase, with 2,189 variant cases now identified compared to 2,107 on Thursday. The variant cases identified so far in Saskatoon held steady at 189.

Source: CBC News April 09, 2021 20:49 UTC