Public Health Sudbury reports three new cases of COVID-19 for Aug. 17

Public Health Sudbury and Districts (PHSD) has reported three new cases of COVID-19 in the local jurisdiction for Aug. 17. The health unit is also reporting there are now 22 active cases being monitored.

Also, since the PHSD began tracking COVID-19 cases just over 17 months ago, there have been 2,227 total COVID-19 cases confirmed locally. PHSD also said 2,205 of those cases are now resolved.

There are also now 1,031 cases that are "confirmed or presumed to be" positive for variants of concern. This is an increase of two new cases over Monday's online report.   

The details were outlined on the PHSD website. 

As for the possible location of new cases, two were reported to have occurred in Greater Sudbury and one case on Manitoulin Island. 

With respect to the possible causes of recent cases, PHSD reported there were three cases related to close contact of a confirmed case, one case that was travel related, 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 728 total cases (No increase).

The next highest group number was 559 cases for the 40 to 59 age group (No increase).

The next highest number was 533 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 an increase of three cases in the "not specified" category. 

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, 276,391  tests have been performed in the PHSD region; an increase of 362 since the last testing results on Monday. There was no new vaccination data reported for the past 24 hours.

The health unit webpage has also reported there is a current active COVID-19 current outbreak on Manitoulin Island at the Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory.

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 Aug. 17 there are two patients with confirmed COVID-19 at the hospital, said the HSN website. Both of those patients are in the Intensive Care Unit. In addition to this there are nine admitted patients "being tested" for COVID-19. HSN said none of those nine 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 348 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases across the province. Also today, the province reported 10 deaths had occurred in the past 24 hours.