Public Health Sudbury and Districts (PHSD) reports eight new cases of COVID-19 for today, Thursday May 6.
PHSD also said there are now 92 active cases being monitored by public health officials.
Also, since the PHSD began tracking COVID-19 cases just over 14 months ago, there have been 1,995 total COVID-19 cases confirmed locally. PHSD also said 1,903 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 seven cases were found in the Greater Sudbury area, and one case was linked to the wider Sudbury district.
In terms of possible causes of the new and recent cases, PHSD reported eight cases linked to close contact of a confirmed case, one case that was travel related, and one case with no known epidemiological link.
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 649 total cases (an increase of three).
The next highest group number was 506 cases for the 40 to 59 age group (an increase of two).
The next highest number was 464 cases for the 19 and under age group (an increase of two).
Seniors in the 60 to 79 age group amounted to 286 cases total (an increase of one), and people aged 80 and over are currently the lowest category with 90 cases (no change). There were also zero 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.
In terms of COVID-19 testing, 240,656 tests have been performed in the PHSD region as of May 6, an increase of 332 in 24 hours.
As for local vaccinations, PHSD reported a total of 85,405 vaccines given in the entire PHSD area as of May 6 at 4 p.m.
PHSD is also reporting there are now six cases of "confirmed" variants of the COVID-19 virus. No change after several days.
There are 836 cases that are "screened positive" for variants of concern; an increase of 10 in 24 hours.
PHSD said additional time is required to genetically-sequence the virus in a positive sample and confirm it as a COVID-19 variant of concern.
OUTBREAKS
PHSD has also reported there are still three active COVID-19 outbreaks in the city. This includes two outbreaks at Health Sciences North and one outbreak at the Sudbury Jail.
Also, at Sudbury's Health Sciences North, as of May 6 there are 15 patients with confirmed COVID-19 at the hospital. As reported on the HSN website, this included eight COVID-19 patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Some of those patients may have been transferred in from hospitals and other healthcare venues in Southern Ontario. In addition to this there are 13 admitted patients "being tested" for COVID-19. One of those patients has been admitted to the ICU at this time.
On the provincial COVID-19 register today, the Ontario government daily website reported 3,424 new confirmed COVID-19 cases across the province. Also today, the province reported 26 new deaths had occurred in the previous 24 hours.
