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The Saskatoon provincial jail has resumed accepting new inmates after admissions were temporarily halted during a COVID-19 outbreak that affected up to 150 inmates and 59 staff.
Active cases among both staff and inmates fell to zero this week, with no reported active cases connected to the outbreak, which was declared Nov. 17, according to the Ministry of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety.
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The jail admitted 20 new inmates when admissions resumed on Wednesday and two remand inmates tested positive coming into the admissions unit, according to the ministry. This accounts for the two known cases reported at the jail as of Thursday evening. They are in isolation.