Public Health Sudbury and Districts (PHSD) reports 48 new cases of COVID-19 for today, March 25.
PHSD also said there are now 338 active cases being monitored by public health officials.
Also, since the PHSD began tracking COVID-19 cases, there have been 12,781 total COVID-19 cases confirmed locally. PHSD also said 12, 653 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 10,917 cases were found in the Greater Sudbury area, and 905 were found in the Manitoulin District.
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 4,628 total cases (an increase of 39).
The next highest group number was 2,454 cases for the 19 and under age group (an increase of 23).
The next highest number was 3,278 cases for the 40 to 59 age group (and increase of 42).
Seniors in the 60 to 79 age group amounted to 1,646 cases total (an increase of 18), and people aged 80 and over are currently the lowest category with 765 cases (increase of seven).
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, 409,754 tests have been performed in the PHSD region as of March 25, an increase of 848 since the last PHSD test 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 89.1 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. There are eight active outbreaks as of March 23. 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 34 patients with confirmed COVID-19, the hospital website reported Friday. Only one of those COVID patients was in the intensive care unit. There were 28 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 1,217 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases across the province. The province also reported 174 COVID patients are in intensive care. Also today, the province reported three COVID-19 deaths.
