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Regina case is lone new COVID-19 diagnosis reported Tuesday in Sask.

A single case of COVID-19 in Regina was the lone new diagnosis announced in the province on Tuesday, with336 more tests for the novel coronavirushaving beenconducted on Monday.

2 people in the intensive care unit in Saskatoon

One new case of COVID-19 was announced in Saskatchewan on Tuesday, in the Regina area. (Kate Bueckert/CBC)

A single case of COVID-19 in Regina was the lone new diagnosis announced in the province on Tuesday, with336 more tests for the novel coronavirushaving beenconducted on Monday.

The number of known active cases in the province decreased to 70 as three more people recovered, bring the total number of recoveries to 291 out of 366 reported cases since the virus was first detected in Saskatchewan.

Eight people are in hospital, with two currently in the intensive care units in Saskatoon. Three other people are hospitalized in Saskatoon, while the remaining three are in the north region.

The far north continues to have the most active cases in the province, with 42. The government announced on Monday that 29 of those cases were in La Loche.

The Saskatchewan Health Authority says 28,632 tests have been conducted since testing first started, though some patients have been tested multiple times.

Most of the cases (150) are connected to close contacts or mass gatherings. Another 138 are travel related while 35 have no known exposure, a sign of likely community transmission. Forty-three cases remain under investigation.

A regional breakdown of COVID-19 cases reported in Saskatchewan as of April 28. (CBC Graphics)

Twelve cases were announced on Monday, with 11 in the far north and one in the north.

The total number of deathsremained at five as of Tuesday. The latest victim was a man in his 80s who was a long-term care resident in La Loche. He died in a North Battleford hospital on Sunday.

Thirty-eight known cases in the province are health-care workers, though the province says the diagnoses may not necessarily be related to their health-care work.