There have now been 80 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 the last three days in the province.

The Saskatchewan Health Authority announced 25 new cases in their Wednesday update on the pandemic.

That is the fourth-highest daily increase, and follows up daily rises of 20 and 35 cases – the stretch is the largest three-day rise so far in the province.

The majority of the reported cases in Wednesday update (24) are again in the far north region of the province. Of those two dozen cases, 22 are in La Loche alone. The lone other new case is in the Saskatoon region.

That spells 512 cases overall.

Two new recoveries were also announced by the SHA – that total is 312.

With the total number of deaths still at six, that puts the number of active cases up to 194.

Thirteen residents are currently hospitalized due to the virus. Four are in the ICU – three in Saskatoon and one in the north region. The remaining nine are receiving inpatient care – seven in Saskatoon and two in the north region).

The south region of the province again has no active cases, and hasn’t seen a new confirmed case since reaching 15 on April 5.

There have now been 33,591 COVID-19 tests performed in the province.