Big drop in COVID-19 exposures at schools in Interior Health

The number of schools in the Interior Health region with potential COVID-19 exposures has dropped by almost half.

The five health regions in B.C. started posting lists of affected schools on Sept. 28, with the Interior Health region initially listing 15 schools. That quickly grew to 91 by Oct. 8 but has dropped to 55 today, Oct. 20.

READ MORE: 19 more schools in Interior Health on COVID exposure list

Schools are removed from the list 14 days after the potential exposure took place.

The Central Okanagan school district still leads the way with 12 public schools listed, two independent schools and one Francophone school for a total of 15.

There are six schools listed in the Kamloops-Thompson school district.

In the Vernon district three public schools and one independent school are listed. Four public and two independent schools have made the school exposure list in North Okanagan-Shuswap district.

There are three schools in the Okanagan-Similkameen school district and one in Okanagan-Skaha.

The full list can be seen here.

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