Public Health Sudbury and Districts (PHSD) has reported one new case of COVID-19 in the local jurisdiction for Oct. 1.
The health unit is also reporting there are 46 active cases being monitored.
Also, since the PHSD began tracking COVID-19 cases just over 19 months ago, there have been 2,440 total COVID-19 cases confirmed locally. PHSD also said 2,394 of those cases are now resolved.
There are also 1,187 cases that are "confirmed or presumed to be" positive for variants of concern -- an increase of two cases in the past 24 hours. The details were outlined on the PHSD website.
As for the possible location of the new case, PHSD said one case reported to have occurred in Greater Sudbury.
With respect to the possible cause, PHSD reported one case related to close contact of a confirmed case.
PHSD also reported general demographics each day about the ages of people who are becoming infected.
Epidemiological data showed that the majority of local cases are persons in the 20 to 39 age category with 817 total cases (An increase of one).
The next highest number was 614 cases for the 19 and under age group (An increase of three).
The next highest group number was 594 cases for the 40 to 59 age group (An increase of one).
Seniors in the 60 to 79 age group amounted to 312 cases total (No increase).
People aged 80 and over are currently the lowest category with 99 cases (No increase).
There was also a decrease of four cases in the category for “ not specified”.
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, 293,214 tests have been performed in the PHSD region; an increase of 727, since the last testing report. With respect to new vaccinations, the health unit reported there are 257,426 total accumulated vaccines given in the local jurisdiction. This also includes 119,057 of those who are fully vaccinated.
The health unit has also reported several local outbreaks and several recent exposure risks. The details can be found on the daily COVID summary page.
Also, at Sudbury's Health Sciences North, as of Oct. 1, there was one patient with confirmed COVID-19 at the hospital, said the hospital website. That one patient was in the intensive care unit. In addition to this there were eight admitted patients "being tested" for COVID-19. HSN said that none of the eight patients being tested had been admitted to the ICU (Intensive Care Unit).
On the provincial COVID-19 roster today, the Ontario government daily website reported 668 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases across the province. Also today, the province reported eight new COVID-19 deaths.
