Saskatchewan Health Minister Paul Merriman and chief medical officer of health Dr. Saqib Shahab will provide an update Wednesday on the province's ongoing efforts to combat COVID-19.

The briefing comes after two more deaths were recorded related to COVID-19, as the province also faces record highs for both hospitalizations and active cases.

Health officials said there were 238 new cases in the daily update on Wednesday, with the overall total for the province growing to 8,982 since the first case was reported in March.

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