Public Health Sudbury and Districts (PHSD) has reported two new cases of COVID-19. PHSD also reports 18 active cases being watched locally. There is also one new COVID-19 outbreak reported at a new gold mining camp under development north of Sudbury.
Also, since the PHSD began tracking COVID-19 cases just over 15 months ago, there have been 2,120 total COVID-19 cases confirmed locally. PHSD also said 2,102 of those cases have now been resolved. The details were reported on the PHSD website.
With respect to where the cases might have occurred, PHSD reported that two cases occurred in the rural Sudbury district. As to how the new cases might have been caused, PHSD said there were two cases of close contact of a confirmed case.
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 690 total cases (no increase). The next highest group number was 542 cases for the 40 to 59 age group (no increase).
The next highest number was 491 cases for the 19 and under age group (no increase). Seniors in the 60 to 79 age group amounted to 300 cases total (no increase). People aged 80 and over are currently the lowest category with 94 cases (no increase). There was an increase of two cases 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, 255,691 tests have been performed in the PHSD region as of June 14, an increase of 772 since the last report. As for local vaccinations, PHSD reported a cumulative total of 141,416 vaccines given in the entire PHSD area as of June 14 at 4 p.m.
PHSD is also reporting there are still six cases of "confirmed" variants of the COVID-19 virus. There are 937 cases that are "screened positive" for variants of concern; an increase on one 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 one new outbreak in the area, at Flying Post Logistics Camp at the IAMGOLD - Cote Lake Mine Project, near Highway 144 just North of the Watershed. It was declared on June 12.
Also, at Sudbury's Health Sciences North, as of June 14 there were four patients with confirmed COVID-19 at the hospital. As reported on the HSN website, this includes two 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 447 new confirmed COVID-19 cases across the province. Also today, the province reported 4 new deaths had occurred in the past 24 hours.
