CALGARY -- The outbreak at Calgary Correctional Centre grew Thursday to 100 inmates and 18 staff members, Alberta Health Services reported.
That's up from 24 confirmed COVID-19 cases when the initial outbreak was reported Oct. 22 and 65 cases earlier this week.
Among those confirmed cases, six who tested positive have been released and are self-isolating at home.
The correctional centre said they were released because they completed their court-mandated sentences, but on the understanding that they self-isolate, as per the province's COVID-19 guidelines.
Public health officials will follow up following the conclusion of the isolation period.
AHS said the increase in inmate numbers stems primarily from re-swabbing inmates who previously tested negative on Oct. 27, under the directive of the medical officer of health.
