Interior Health school COVID-19 exposures decrease; Sorrento school closed this week

KAMLOOPS — The number of relevant COVID-19 exposures has decreased within schools in Interior Health, but new exposures are still being registered.

As of the noon hour on Tuesday (Oct. 12), there were 68 schools on the IH school exposure list. That is down from nearly 100 at the highest level last week.

More schools are seeing their two-week infectious windows expire than new schools being added to the list.

New school exposures in the Kamloops area include A.E. Perry Elementary (Oct. 4-7), Brocklehurst Middle (Oct. 4-7), Cache Creek Elementary (Oct. 4) and Peter Skene Ogden Secondary in 100 Mile House (Oct. 4-6).