Public Health Sudbury and Districts (PHSD) has reported there are only 28 newly confirmed COVID cases and only three active outbreaks in Sudbury.
PHSD reported that 15,892 total accumulated cases have occurred in the Sudbury jurisdiction since the pandemic began. PHSD also reported that 15,788 of those cases have been resolved in the same time period. PHSD said this means there are currently 104 known active cases in the health unit area. Also no new deaths were reported this week. The last reported death by the health unit was Friday May 27, which put the Sudbury death toll at 150 since March of 2020.
These numbers are for the past two days, since PHSD does not report statistics on Thursdays. No deaths have occurred in recent days.
Note: The accuracy of new cases and known cases cannot be confirmed each day because COVID-19 testing is no longer being done for all suspected cases that occur in the community.
More complete details are included on the daily COVID-19 public health summary.
With respect to the possible locations of the newly reported cases, PHSD said 26 new cases were reported to have occurred in the Greater Sudbury area, no new cases were assigned to the rural Sudbury district and two new cases for the Manitoulin district.
PHSD also reported general demographics each day about the age groups for people who are becoming infected.
Epidemiological data showed that the majority of local cases are persons in the 20 to 39 age category with 5,535 total cases (An increase of nine cases).
The next highest number was 4,206 for the 40-59 age group (An increase of eight).
There were also 2,713 cases for the 19 and under age group (An increase of two).
Seniors in the 60 to 79 age group amounted to 2,314 cases total (An increase of six).
People aged 80 and over are currently the lowest category with 1,115 cases (An increase of three cases).
In the Not Specified category, there were nine cases (No change).
Note: The numbers above might not correspond to other numbers being reported because the health unit does not report fresh numbers daily, as they happen. Some of the numbers are delayed.
With respect to COVID-19 testing, PHSD said there have been 433,424 total tests carried out locally since the pandemic began; an increase of 494 since testing was last carried out and reported on Wednesday.
With respect to vaccination numbers, PHSD is now reporting percentages of people vaccinated rather than doses given. The percentage of area residents who are now fully vaccinated translates to 81.9 per cent of all people in the PHSD area.
The Sudbury health unit has reported a declining number of outbreaks in the city at several long-term care homes and congregate living homes in the city. There are three active COVID outbreaks as of June 3, including two separate outbreaks at the Espanola Nursing Home. More details can be found on the daily COVID summary page. Just scroll to the bottom of the summary page to COVID-19 Outbreaks. It also includes locations where outbreaks have been declared over.
Also, at Sudbury's Health Sciences North, there were 28 patients with confirmed COVID-19 at the hospital, the hospital website reported Wednesday. This includes two COVID patients in the intensive care unit. There were 12 other patients being investigated (tested) for COVID-19. None were in the ICU. HSN also said there is currently one active outbreak at the hospital, that being on the eighth floor North Tower as of Tuesday May 31
On the provincial COVID-19 roster today, the Ontario government daily website reported 888 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases across the province. The province also reported 117 COVID patients are in intensive care units. Also today, the province reported eight COVID-19 deaths.\
