COVID-19 death toll grew by three to 862 on Wednesday as 173 new infections were added.The recently deceased who tested positive for the virus include one each in the 80-plus and 60-to-79 age groups while the other was between 40 and 59 years old.According to the provincial government’s dashboard, there were 173 new cases, bringing the overall infection total in Saskatchewan to 78,075.
The seven-day average of new daily infections decreased to 177 from 185 on Tuesday.Of the new cases, the provincial government said 120 were unvaccinated, which included 52 children under the age of 12.