Public Health Sudbury and Districts (PHSD) has reported five new cases of COVID-19.
PHSD also reports 25 active cases being watched locally.
Also, since the PHSD began tracking COVID-19 cases just over 15 months ago, there have been 2,136 total COVID-19 cases confirmed locally. PHSD also said 2,111 of those cases have now been resolved. The details were reported on the PHSD website.
With respect to where the cases might have occurred, PHSD reported that all five cases occurred in Greater Sudbury and two cases in the rural Sudbury district.
As to how the new case might have been caused, PHSD said there were four cases of close contact of a confirmed case, and one case was 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 697 total cases (an increase of two).
The next highest group number was 543 cases for the 40 to 59 age group (no increase).
The next highest number was 500 cases for the 19 and under age group (and increase of five).
Seniors in the 60 to 79 age group amounted to 301 cases total (an increase of one).
People aged 80 and over are currently the lowest category with 94 cases (no increase).
There was an increase of three cases reported in the "unspecified category". There are now three cases in that 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, 256,999 tests have been performed in the PHSD region as of June 18; an increase of 154 since the last testing report.
As for local vaccinations, PHSD reported a cumulative total of 148,662 vaccines given in the entire PHSD area as of June 18 at 4 p.m., as the health unit did not update this number today.
PHSD is also reporting there are still six cases of "confirmed" variants of the COVID-19 virus.
There are 945 cases that are "screened positive" for variants of concern; an increase of one over the last count.
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.
PHSD has also reported there is one current outbreak in the area, at Flying Post Camp Logistics at the IAMGOLD - Cote Lake Mine Project, near Highway 144 just North of the Watershed. It was declared on Saturday June 12, 2021.
Also, at Sudbury's Health Sciences North, as of June 19 there were two patients with confirmed COVID-19 at the hospital. As reported on the HSN website, this includes one COVID-19 patient in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). In addition to this there are eight admitted patients "being tested" for COVID-19. None of the patients being tested has been admitted to the ICU at this time.
On the provincial COVID-19 register today, the Ontario government daily website reported 355 new confirmed COVID-19 cases across the province. Also today, the province reported 13 new deaths had occurred in the past 24 hours.
