Class at Steinbach elementary school goes remote after COVID-19 case

A Grade 1 class in the Hanover School Division is back to remote learning days after the start of the school year.

A letter on the division website says Woodlawn School in Steinbach has one confirmed COVID-19 case.

The person was at the school Sept. 8 and 9 and rode on Bus 62.

To avoid escalation and reduce community impact, the Grade 1 class is in remote learning until Sept. 23, the division said.

At a news conference on Monday, Chief Provincial Public Health Officer Dr. Brent Roussin said the province is tracking all cases in schools and will publish information on total cases at some point in the near future, but he did not have a count of school cases yet.

"We're just days into the school year, so a number of cases that are in school-age children have not been at school during their infective period, but we're going to have more details on that and hope to have a regular posting of it," he said.

In Winnipeg, there's one case in a kindergarten class at R.H.G. Bonnycastle School.

In Brandon, at least one case has been confirmed in a Grade 12 class at Vincent Massey High School.

In the Winnipeg and Brandon cases, school has not moved to remote learning.

Those divisions are reaching out to possible close contacts.

Some schools go remote after COVID-19 case

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It's less than a week into the school year but already COVID-19 cases are popping up in schools. Some Manitoba students are already back to remote learning.