Confirmed laboratory testing numbers show an additional 1,708 tests were completed on Sunday, bringing the total number of lab tests completed since early February to 137,499.
Potential exposure
Public health officials are advising of a possible exposure at the Frederickson Performance Centre, Unit F-1212 18th St. in Brandon on Aug. 17 from 7 to 8:30 a.m. and Aug. 23 from 9 to 10:30 a.m.
While the risk of transmission is considered low, information is being provided to help people assess their risk and seek testing if symptoms appear.
Active caseload by health region
Prairie Mountain – 250
Winnipeg – 142
Southern – 64
Interlake-Eastern – 13
Northern – 0
RECONCILED DATA UPDATE
There were 12 health-care workers who became infected with COVID-19 during the province’s latest batch of reconciled data.
Released every Monday, the data lags one week behind current numbers and claims to be more accurate, complete and reliable. The data in the latest release is from the week of Aug. 16-22, where the weekly test positivity rate was 2.5%, the second-highest weekly total since the pandemic began in early March.
The cases among health-care workers are broken down into one nurse, seven health-care aides and four other. The province has changed the way they break down health-care workers, adding social and support workers, medical clerks and combined, which counts health-care workers in a role with very few cases.
All said, there have been 61 cases in health-care workers since the genesis of the pandemic. Of those, 48 have returned to work.
Source:- Winnipeg Sun
