Three new COVID cases, six more recoveries reported in Sask.

Saskatchewan has recorded a single-digit total of new COVID-19 cases for a 16th straight day.

In a media release Tuesday, the provincial government announced there were three new cases, including one in the north-central region and one in the Saskatoon zone. The location of the third case is still being determined.

The new cases increased the total number of reported cases in Saskatchewan to date to 1,622.

Six more recoveries were reported, increasing that total so far to 1,567. To date, 24 residents of the province have died after testing positive for COVID-19.

There now are 31 active cases being reported in the province.

Three people are in hospital in Saskatoon, with two in intensive care.

So far, there have been 417 cases in the south area (216 southwest, 190 south-central, 11 southeast), 353 from the far north region (347 far northwest, six far northeast), 263 in the north area (128 northwest, 69 north-central, 66 northeast), 261 from the Saskatoon area, 195 in the central zone (161 central-west, 34 central-east) and 132 in the Regina region.

The total comprises 829 community contacts, 483 people without any known exposures, 239 travellers and 71 cases that are still being investigated by local public health officials.

To date, 66 health-care workers in Saskatchewan have contracted the virus.

Of the total, 523 cases are in the 20-to-39 age range, 495 are between the ages of 40 and 59, 277 are aged 60 to 79, 269 involve people 19 and under, and 58 are 80 and over.

The 653 tests done in Saskatchewan on Monday increased the province’s total to date to 140,906.