Public Health Sudbury and Districts (PHSD) reported two new cases of COVID-19 for today, Monday June 7. PHSD also reports 27 active cases being watched locally. It has been just over a month since the last local case count was higher than 10. On May 5, there were 12 local cases.
Also, since the PHSD began tracking COVID-19 cases just over 15 months ago, there have been 2108 total COVID-19 cases confirmed locally. PHSD also said 2081 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 two new cases occurred in the rural Sudbury District.
As to how the new cases might have been caused, PHSD said there was an increase of two cases of close contact with 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 688 total cases (an increase of one). The next highest group number was 538 cases for the 40 to 59 age group (an increase of one). The next highest number was 488 cases for the 19 and under age group (an increase of three).
Seniors in the 60 to 79 age group amounted to 299 cases total (no increase). People aged 80 and over are currently the lowest category with 94 cases (no increase). There was a decrease of three 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, 253,664 tests have been performed in the PHSD region as of June 7; an increase of 379 since the last testing report. As for local vaccinations, PHSD reported a cumulative total of 129,530 vaccines given in the entire PHSD area as of June 7 at 4 p.m.
PHSD is also reporting there are still six cases of "confirmed" variants of the COVID-19 virus. There are 931 cases that are "screened positive" for variants of concern; an increase of three cases. 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 is still one active outbreak in the area for Outland at the IAMGOLD Cote Lake Mine Project just north of the Watershed, Highway 144 (May14), as of June 7 at 4 p.m.
Also, at Sudbury's Health Sciences North, as of June & there were six 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 three 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 525 new confirmed COVID-19 cases across the province. Also today, the province reported 15 new deaths had occurred. This is the eighth day in a row, since May 31, that Ontario's case count has been below 1,000.
