Public Health Sudbury and Districts reported Wednesday that two new COVID-related deaths have occurred. This puts the total number of local COVID deaths at 103 that have been recorded since the outbreak began in March of 2020.
Also, Sudbury's Health Sciences North (HSN) reported there are now 43 active COVID-19 patients in the hospital, with seven of them in the Intensive Care Unit.
There are 76 new COVID cases in the community, said Public Health Sudbury and Districts (PHSD) on Wednesday. All across Ontario today there are 321 active COVID-19 cases in Intensive Care Units.
This report includes numbers for two days — Tuesday and Wednesday. Public Health Sudbury and Districts (PHSD) no longer reports daily COVID case counts on weekends or on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
The total number of COVID cases locally has reached 10,558 in the past 23 months. The number of resolved cases in that same time period is 10,143 which means there are currently 415 active cases. More complete details are included on the daily COVID-19 public health summary.
As for the possible locations of the new cases, PHSD said 57 new cases were reported to have occurred in the Greater Sudbury area, 10 new cases in the rural Sudbury district and nine 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 3,839 total cases (An increase of 27 cases).
The next highest number was 2,605 for the 40-59 age group (An increase of 16).
There were also 2,171 cases for the 19 and under age group (An increase of 18).
Seniors in the 60 to 79 age group amounted to 1,317 cases total (An increase of 12).
People aged 80 and over are currently the lowest category with 615 cases (An increase of three).
In the Not Specified category, there were 11 cases. No change since Monday.
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 392,806 total tests carried out locally since the pandemic began; an increase of 1,140 new tests since Monday's report.
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 80.4 per cent of all people in the PHSD area.
The Sudbury health unit is reporting a number of outbreaks in the city at several long-term care homes and congregate living homes in the city. The list includes more than a dozen venues. 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 43 patients with confirmed COVID-19 at the hospital, the hospital website reported. Five of those COVID patients were in the intensive care unit. There were seven other patients being investigated (tested) for COVID-19. None of those seven patients was in the ICU. HSN also reported there was only one outbreak at the hospital in the Medical Device Reprocessing unit, which began on February 4.
On the provincial COVID-19 roster today, the Ontario government daily website reported 2,532 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases across the province. This includes 321 COVID patients in intensive care. Also today, the province reported 46 new COVID-19 deaths.
