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Saskatchewan records 6th COVID-19-related death, 17 new cases

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A person in their 80s in Saskatchewan’s far north has died from complications related to COVID-19. It is the sixth death in the province since the first coronavirus case was reported on March 11.

Health officials reported 17 new coronavirus cases in the province on Wednesday, bringing the overall total to 383. Eleven of the new cases are in the La Loche area, where an outbreak was declared on April 17.

Five new cases were reported in the north region. Officials said they have linked four cases in Lloydminster to a cluster based at Lloydminster Hospital.

The transmission happened at the hospital and 13 cases have been identified: eight patients and five health-care workers. The patients are being cohorted in separate units at the hospital

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