Public Health Sudbury and Districts (PHSD) reports 16 new cases of COVID-19 for today, Oct. 22.
PHSD also said there are now 140 active cases being monitored by public health officials.
Also, since the PHSD began tracking COVID-19 cases, there have been 2,671 total COVID-19 cases confirmed locally. PHSD also said 2,531 of those cases have now been resolved.
With respect to where the newest COVID-19 cases might have occurred, the PHSD daily update page reported that 139 cases were found in the Greater Sudbury area, and one was found in the Manitoulin District.
In terms of possible causes of the new and recent cases, PHSD reported six cases outbreak-related, 11 are close contact of a confirmed case, and four cases have unknown exposure.
There are also 1,355 cases that are "confirmed or presumed to be" positive for variants of concern, an increase of two cases. The details were outlined on the PHSD website.
PHSD also reports general demographics each day about the people who are becoming infected.
Epidemiological data showed that the majority of local cases are persons in the 20 to 39 age category with 961 total cases (an increase of 11).
The next highest group number was 634 cases for the 40 to 59 age group (an increase of three).
The next highest number was 647 cases for the 19 and under age group (and increase of two).
Seniors in the 60 to 79 age group amounted to 326 cases total (no increase), and people aged 80 and over are currently the lowest category with 99 cases (no increase).
There were also no cases reported in the "unspecified category".
The numbers above may not completely correspond with the daily case count because PHSD does not always report changes on the day they occur.
With respect to COVID-19 testing, 302, 803 tests have been performed in the PHSD region as of Oct. 22, an increase of 323 since the last PHSD test report.
As for local vaccinations, PHSD reported a total of 264, 672 vaccines given in the entire PHSD area as of Oct. 22 at 4 p.m. Of those, 140,319 people have received their first dose, while 122,417 are fully vaccinated. In terms of wasted doses, PHSD reports 477 doses wasted, or 0.18 per cent of the total. Public Health Sudbury has received 267,430 total doses as of Sept. 13.
Outbreaks
PHSD has also reported there are three active outbreaks in the area, St. Francis Catholic School, Overtime Sports Bar and Grill, and the Sudbury Jail. There are no potential exposures at the moment.
Also, at Sudbury's Health Sciences North, as of Oct. 22 there were four patients with confirmed COVID-19 at the hospital. As reported on the HSN website, this includes two COVID-19 patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). In addition, there are seven cases currently under investigation, but none in the ICU.
On the provincial COVID-19 register today, the Ontario government daily website reported 492 new confirmed COVID-19 cases across the province. Also today, the province reported 11 new deaths had occurred in the previous 24 hours.
