Public Health Sudbury and Districts (PHSD) has reported four new cases of COVID-19 in the local jurisdiction for Sept. 2. The health unit is also reporting there are now 34 active cases being monitored, a decrease of one case in 24 hours. Two outbreaks have ended and a new outbreak has been declared.
Also, since the PHSD began tracking COVID-19 cases just over 18 months ago, there have been 2,289 total COVID-19 cases confirmed locally. PHSD also said 2,255 of those cases are now resolved.
There are also 1,070 cases that are "confirmed or presumed to be" positive for variants of concern. This is an increase of one case since the last testing 24 hours ago.
The details were outlined on the PHSD website.
As for the possible location of new cases, PHSD said four new cases are reported to have occurred in Greater Sudbury.
With respect to the possible causes of recent cases, PHSD reported there were three new cases said to be close contact of a confirmed case, and one new case of 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 759 total cases (An increase of three).
The next highest group number was 568 cases for the 40 to 59 age group (An increase of two).
The next highest number was 556 cases for the 19 and under age group (An increase of three).
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).
The numbers above might not correspond to other numbers being reported because the health unit does not report fresh numbers daily, as they happen. Some of the numbers are delayed.
With respect to COVID-19 testing, 282,126 tests have been performed in the PHSD region; an increase of 285 since the last testing results. With respect to new vaccinations, the health unit reported there are 246,778 total accumulated vaccines in the local jurisdiction. This also includes 113,074 of those who are fully vaccinated.
The health unit webpage has also reported there is now one new active COVID-19 outbreak, at Millenium Solutions in Garson. Two previous outbreaks involving workers for the CP Rail basic track maintenance crew at Cartier, the other on Manitoulin Island at the Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory, are both declared as ended.
PHSD also listed several recent exposure risks. The details can be found on the daily COVID summary page.
Also, at Sudbury's Health Sciences North, as of Sept. 2, there were zero patients with confirmed COVID-19 at the hospital, said the HSN website. In addition to this there were two admitted patients "being tested" for COVID-19. HSN said none of those 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 865 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases across the province. Also today, the province reported 14 new COVID-19 deaths. NOTE: Nine of the 14 deaths occurred more than two months ago and were updated based on data cleaning.
