Public Health Sudbury and Districts (PHSD) has reported six new cases of COVID-19. This is the second day in a row that six cases were reported. PHSD also reported 37 active cases being watched locally.
Also, since the PHSD began tracking COVID-19 cases just over 15 months ago, there have been 2,159 total COVID-19 cases confirmed locally. PHSD also said 2,122 of those cases have now been resolved. No new deaths were reported on Thursday. The details were outlined on the PHSD website.
With respect to where the cases might have occurred, PHSD reported that four cases occurred in Greater Sudbury and two new cases in the rural Sudbury District.
PHSD said there were eight cases of close contact with a confirmed case, and two additional cases still 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 707 total cases (an increase of three).
The next highest group number was 544 cases for the 40 to 59 age group (no increase).
The next highest number was 512 cases for the 19 and under age group (an increase of three).
Seniors in the 60 to 79 age group amounted to 302 cases total (no increase).
People aged 80 and over are currently the lowest category with 94 cases (no increase).
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, 259,096 tests have been performed in the PHSD region as of June 24; an increase of 370 since the last testing report.
As for local vaccinations, PHSD reported a cumulative total of 166,051 vaccines given in the entire PHSD area as of June 24 at 4 p.m.
PHSD is also reporting there are still six cases of "confirmed" variants of the COVID-19 virus.
There are 966 cases that are "screened positive" for variants of concern; an increase of five new cases 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 still one current active 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 24 there were four patients with confirmed COVID-19 at the hospital. As reported on the HSN website, this includes three COVID-19 patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). In addition to this there are seven admitted patients "being tested" for COVID-19. HSN said 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 296 new confirmed COVID-19 cases across the province. Also today, the province reported six new deaths had occurred in the past 24 hours.
