One new COVID-19 death in Sudbury and 55 confirmed cases of COVID-19 at Sudbury's Health Sciences North (HSN) hospital today. There are also four outbreaks of COVID declared at the hospital, according to Public Health Sudbury and Districts.
Public Health Sudbury and Districts (PHSD) revealed no specifics on the new death other than to say it occurred in the Greater Sudbury district. The total accumulated COVID related death count is now at 107.
PHSD also reported Friday that 198 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. This count takes in new cases for the past two days since the health unit does not normally report cases on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
PHSD said this means that 11,273 total accumulated cases have occurred in the Sudbury jurisdiction since the pandemic was declared in March of 2020. PHSD also reported that 10,732 of those cases have been resolved. This means 541 active cases in the health unit area.
Also, in that time period the health unit has recorded 106 deaths. 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 165 new cases were reported to have occurred in the Greater Sudbury area, 16 new cases in the rural Sudbury district and 17 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 4,095 total cases (An increase of 71 cases).
The next highest number was 2,820 for the 40-59 age group (An increase of 66).
There were also 2,278 cases for the 19 and under age group (An increase of 27).
Seniors in the 60 to 79 age group amounted to 1,412 cases total (An increase of 27).
People aged 80 and over are currently the lowest category with 657 cases (An increase of eight).
In the Not Specified category, there were 11 cases (A decrease of one).
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 397,090 total tests carried out locally since the pandemic began; an increase of 859 new tests since 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 80.8 per cent of all people in the PHSD area.
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. There are also four separate COVID outbreaks reported at the hospital. 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 55 patients with confirmed COVID-19 at the hospital, the hospital website reported. Six 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.
On the provincial COVID-19 roster today, the Ontario government daily website reported 2,427 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases across the province. The province also reported 297 COVID patients are in intensive care. Also today, the province reported 35 new COVID-19 deaths.
