Public Health Sudbury and Districts (PHSD) has reported five new cases of COVID-19 in the local jurisdiction for Aug. 19. The health unit is also reporting there are now 31 active cases being monitored.
Also, since the PHSD began tracking COVID-19 cases just over 17 months ago, there have been 2,236 total COVID-19 cases confirmed locally. PHSD also said 2,205 of those cases are now resolved.
There are also now 1,038 cases that are "confirmed or presumed to be" positive for variants of concern. This is an increase of seven cases in the past 24 hours.
The details were outlined on the PHSD website.
As for the possible location of new cases, five cases were reported to have occurred in Greater Sudbury.
With respect to the possible causes of recent cases, PHSD reported there were four cases of close contact of a confirmed case and one case with no known epidemiological link.
PHSD also reported 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 736 total cases (An increase of three).
The next highest group number was 562 cases for the 40 to 59 age group (An increase of two).
The next highest number was 534 cases for the 19 and under age group (No increase).
Seniors in the 60 to 79 age group amounted to 305 cases total (No increase).
People aged 80 and over are currently the lowest category with 96 cases (No increase).
There was no increase in the "not specified" category, which is currently at zero.
The numbers above might not correspond to other numbers being reported because the health unit does report fresh numbers daily, as they happen. Some of the numbers are delayed.
With respect to COVID-19 testing, 277,353 tests have been performed in the PHSD region; an increase of 474 since the last testing results. With respect to new vaccinations, the health unit reported total accumulated vaccinations of 242,041. The number of people in the area totally vaccinated is now at 110,236.
The health unit webpage has also reported there is a current active COVID-19 outbreak on Manitoulin Island at the Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory.
PHSD also listed several recent COVID exposure risks. The details can be found on the daily COVID summary page.
Also, at Sudbury's Health Sciences North, as of Aug. 19 there are two patients with confirmed COVID-19 at the hospital, said the HSN website. One of those patients is in the Intensive Care Unit. In addition to this there are three admitted patients "being tested" for COVID-19. HSN said none of those three patients being tested has been admitted to the ICU at this time.
On the provincial COVID-19 roster today, the Ontario government daily website reported 531 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases across the province. Also today, the province reported 17 deaths** had occurred. **The province revealed that 15 of those 17 deaths occurred more than two months ago, but the figures were updated because of a previous data mistake.
