Public Health Sudbury and Districts reported Friday one new COVID-related death has occurred in the region. This puts the total number of local COVID deaths at 104 that have been recorded since the outbreak began in March of 2020.
Also, Sudbury's Health Sciences North (HSN) reported there are now 41 active COVID-19 patients in the hospital, with four of them in the Intensive Care Unit.
There are 169 new COVID cases in the community, said Public Health Sudbury and Districts (PHSD) on Friday. All across Ontario today there are 353 active COVID-19 cases in Intensive Care Units. The province announced 33 new deaths, as well.
This report includes numbers for two days — Thursday and Friday. 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 10,727 in the past 23 months. The number of resolved cases in that same time period is 10,268 which means there are currently 459 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 136 new cases were reported to have occurred in the Greater Sudbury area, 17 new cases in the rural Sudbury district and 16 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 3,909 total cases (An increase of 70 cases).
The next highest number was 2,657 for the 40-59 age group (An increase of 52).
There were also 2,188 cases for the 19 and under age group (An increase of 17).
Seniors in the 60 to 79 age group amounted to 1,343 cases total (An increase of 26).
People aged 80 and over are currently the lowest category with 619 cases (An increase of four).
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 393,252 total tests carried out locally since the pandemic began; an increase of 446 new tests since Wednesday’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 80.5 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 10 other patients being investigated (tested) for COVID-19. None of those patients were in the ICU.
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.
