A person in the Saskatoon area has tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 684. This includes two people who are from out of province, but tested positive in Saskatchewan.
Currently, there are 40 active cases in the province, with three of those cases in hospital, including one in intensive care.
Quebec cases slow as Montreal sees improvement
Montreal, which has been behind the reopening of the rest of the province as it continued to see a high number of cases, is seeing a slow in new cases identified, officials reported on Tuesday. There were 101 new cases of COVID-19 identified in Quebec, including 40 new case in the last 24 hours in Montreal. The change represents a 40 per cent drop in the number of new cases the city is seeing, which is slowing the overall growth of new cases in the province.
As of Tuesday, 5,269 people have died due to COVID-19 in Quebec.
