Saskatchewan released another weekly COVID-19 report on Thursday afternoon.

Data for the week of February 20-26 showed that the test positivity rate was at 13.6 per cent, down slightly from the previous week (14.4 per cent).

Confirmed cases of COVID-19 also dropped. From Feb. 20-26 there were 1,102 confirmed cases, down from 1,407 cases the previous week.

The report also showed a more up to date look at hospitalizations. As of Feb. 23 there were 372 hospitalized cases. This number dropped to 353 as of Thursday March 3.

However, COVID-19 deaths increased slightly. There were 44 newly-reported COVID-19 deaths from Feb. 20-26, compared to 37 deaths in the previous week.

The COVID-19 weekly report for Saskatchewan is released every Thursday.