By Les Lazaruk Jul 8, 2021 | 1:48 PM For the first time since June 12th, Saskatchewan has recorded more than 100 new cases of COVID-19. Thursday’s update from the Ministry of Health had 113 new cases, 58 of which come from the Far North East zone. Most of those 58 new cases come from the previously reported outbreak in the Hatchet Lake area. The S-H-A explains that some First Nations, including Hatchet Lake, use a rapid testing machine provided by the federal government to support rapid case contact identification. Positive cases need to be manually entered into the provincial system. However, data entry into the provincial system has been delayed while staff work on the immediate outbreak response. Additional staffing supports have been brought in and staff will be working on entering the COVID tests into the provincial system.