Jail outbreak now at 26 cases
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This article was published 11/12/2020 (1903 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The COVID-19 outbreak at the Brandon Correctional Centre continues to grow as more inmates and staff have tested positive for the virus.
As of Thursday, a total of 26 people at the provincial jail had tested positive, according to numbers provided by a spokesperson for Manitoba Justice. The total includes 10 infected staff members and 16 infected inmates.
Twenty-one cases at the jail are active and five people have recovered.
The number of new cases at the jail has increased sharply from when the outbreak was first declared less than a week ago on Dec. 4. On day one of the outbreak, there was one inmate with the virus and seven staff members.
Cases of the virus have also been reported at the Agassiz Youth Centre, the Headingley Correctional Centre, Manitoba Youth Centre, Milner Ridge Correctional Centre, The Pas Correctional Centre, the Winnipeg Remand Centre and the Women’s Correctional Centre.
No deaths from COVID-19 have been reported in any jail in Manitoba.
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