Saqib Shahab, chief medical health officer, speaks at a COVID-19 news update at the Legislative Building in Regina on March 18, 2020. Returning officers in Saskatchewan are beginning to recruit what the elections agency expects to be a higher number of people willing to work its polls in October's provincial pandemic vote. Elections Saskatchewan Chief Electoral Officer Michael Boda says it's dramatically upped the number of polling locations to meet the safety requirements for casting a ballot during the COVID-19 health crisis. As of Wednesday, Saskatchewan was reporting 10 new cases and 146 active infections province-wide. Chief medical health officer Dr. Saqib Shahab attributes a slight rise in cases to people violating the 30-person gathering limit he put in place to reduce the virus's spread. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michael Bell