Public Health Sudbury and Districts (PHSD) reported six new cases of COVID-19 for today, Wednesday May 19.
PHSD also said there are now 48 active cases being monitored by public health officials.
Also, since the PHSD began tracking COVID-19 cases just over 14 months ago, there have been 2,061 total COVID-19 cases confirmed locally. PHSD also said 2,013 of those cases have now been resolved. The details were reported on the PHSD website.
With respect to where the cases occurred, PHSD said six cases occurred in the Greater Sudbury area.
As to how the new cases were caused, PHSD said there were five cases of close contact of a confirmed case and one case of 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 671 total cases (an increase of two).
The next highest group number was 524 cases for the 40 to 59 age group (an increase of two).
The next highest number was 480 cases for the 19 and under age group (an increase of two).
Seniors in the 60 to 79 age group amounted to 292 cases total (an increase of one).
People aged 80 and over are currently the lowest category with 93 cases (an increase of one).
There was a three-case decrease reported in the "unspecified 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, 246,816 tests have been performed in the PHSD region as of May 19; an increase of 174 since the last PHSD test report.
As for local vaccinations, PHSD reported a cumulative total of 99,937 vaccines given in the entire PHSD area as of May 19 at 4 p.m.
PHSD is also reporting there are now six cases of "confirmed" variants of the COVID-19 virus. No change there after several days.
There are 886 cases that are "screened positive" for variants of concern; no increase in 24 hours.
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.
OUTBREAKS
PHSD has also reported there are still three active outbreaks in the area including Outland at the IAMGOLD Cote Lake Mine Project just north of the Watershed, Highway 144 (May14), an outbreak at Vale's Totten Mine (May 7), and one outbreak at Health Sciences North, Sixth Floor, South Tower (May 4).
Also, at Sudbury's Health Sciences North, as of May 18 there are seven patients with confirmed COVID-19 at the hospital. As reported on the HSN website, this includes four COVID-19 patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Some of those patients may have been transferred in from hospitals and other healthcare venues in Southern Ontario. In addition to this there are five 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 1,588 new confirmed COVID-19 cases across the province. Also today, the province reported 19 new deaths had occurred in the previous 24 hours.