Another new COVID-19 death in Sudbury and 66 confirmed cases of COVID-19 at Sudbury's Health Sciences North (HSN) hospital today, with seven of those patients being treated in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
There are also four new outbreaks of COVID declared at local long-term care homes and congregate settings according to Public Health Sudbury and Districts (PHSD).
With respect to the newest death, PHSD revealed no specifics other than to say it occurred in the Greater Sudbury area. The total accumulated COVID related death count is now at 109.
PHSD also reported Wednesday that 147 new cases of COVID have been determined, although this number is expected to be much lower than the actual number of cases in the community at large, since public testing is no longer provided for free. This count takes in new cases for the past two days since the health unit does not normally report cases on Tuesdays or Thursdays.
PHSD also said this means that 11,603 total accumulated cases have occurred in the Sudbury jurisdiction since the pandemic was declared in March of 2020. PHSD also reported that 11,094 of those cases have been resolved. This means there are currently 509 active cases in the health unit area.
All across Ontario today there are 297 active COVID-19 cases in Intensive Care Units. More complete details are included on the daily COVID-19 public health summary.
As for the possible locations of the new cases, PHSD said 110 new cases were reported to have occurred in the Greater Sudbury area, 12 new cases in the rural Sudbury district and 25 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 4,204 total cases (An increase of 49 cases).
The next highest number was 2,921 for the 40-59 age group (An increase of 46).
There were also 2,318 cases for the 19 and under age group (An increase of 16).
Seniors in the 60 to 79 age group amounted to 1,465 cases total (An increase of 25).
People aged 80 and over are currently the lowest category with 681 cases (An increase of eight).
In the Not Specified category, there were 14 cases (An increase of three).
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 400,115 total tests carried out locally since the pandemic began; an increase of 1,401 new tests.
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 80.9 per cent of all people in the PHSD area. No change since Monday.
The Sudbury health unit is reporting a number outbreaks in the city at several long-term care homes and congregate living homes in the city, which includes four new outbreaks in the past two days. There are 19 active outbreaks as of March 2. 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 66 patients with confirmed COVID-19 at the hospital, the hospital website reported. Seven of those COVID patients were in the intensive care unit. There were 10 other patients being investigated (tested) for COVID-19. None of those 10 patients was in the ICU.
On the provincial COVID-19 roster today, the Ontario government daily website reported 1,959 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases across the province. The province also reported 273 COVID patients are in intensive care. Also today, the province reported 24 new COVID-19 deaths.
