La Loche COVID-19 situation ‘under control’ as contact tracing continues
The province reported four new cases of COVID-19 today and two of those are in the North.
According to Northern medical health officer, Dr. Rim Zayed, the village of La Loche itself, remains at five positive cases.
“The situation for La Loche, the first case was linked to the curling outbreak in Alberta. We did contact tracing, and the cases were linked to a health care worker, then the long term care facility. Our contact tracing revealed other cases, the total cases are five cases from La Loche,” Dr. Zayed said during a media conference.
Zayed has been working closely in the community and said the situation is under control in terms of contact tracing positive diagnoses.