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Nurses union, NDP respond to Saskatchewan’s rising COVID-19 cases
COVID-19 case rate per 100,000 people in the country, as of numbers updated Wednesday.Manitoba has the highest with 414 active cases per 100,000 people, Alberta in second with 200, Quebec has 135 and Saskatchewan sits at 116 active cases per capita.North Dakota is 12 times Saskatchewan’s rate at 1,371 active cases per 100,000 people.“The numbers in North Dakota have exploded,” said Saskatchewan Union of Nurses president Tracy Zambory.“We’re surrounded to the south, to the east and to the west by COVID disasters that are only getting worse.”It’s crucial the province pays attention to the case numbers in our neighbouring communities, Zambory said.She’s calling on the provincial government to make hard decisions that will protect patients,